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SPEECHES OF MILLIBD FlttSME 

At New Tork, Ncwbnrgh, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, &c. 

ALSO 

EVIDENCES or FREMONT'S ROMANISM. 



X"' 



The return of Mr. Fillmore to his native land, 
after an absence of nearly a year spent in travel 
on the European continent, has been ma-le the 
occasion of a public demonstration on the part 
of the people of this Slate, that proves how 
proud a position this eminant statesman holds 
in the hearts of his fellow^ countrymen, and 
that can not fail to have an important effect 
upon the ap[>roacliin^ Presidential election. The 
considera'ion with which he has been received 
by the old and staid citizens of the Empire State; 
the enthuf^iasm which has marked the ffreetin"? 
extended to him by the youne; the earnest af- 
fection manifested by his political friends, and 
the respect displayed towards him by political 
opponents, are certain indications that he is re- 
garded by all classes of citizens and by all par- 
ties as no ordinary man, and that restin<j confi- 
dently upon his past history, he can well defy 
the malice and unscrupulousness of personal 
enemies, and leave his future in the hands cl 
his countrymen. 

In reviewing the events of the week that has 
just closed, we are actuated by a higher motive 
than a desiie to crpate political capital for a 
mere party candidate. It is our earnest hope 
that the intelligent and conservative portion of 
the citizens of the R,epul>lic may be led by th(? 
perusal of n connected sketch of the honors 
paid to Mr. Fillmore, and by a careful study of 
the political sentiment avowed by him, to reliect 
seriously upon the present condition of the af- 
fairs of their country, and of its future pros- 
pects; and may awake in time to a sense oi' th ■ 
imifiinent peril into whi.-h the unscrupulous 
ambition and unreflecting fanaticism are threat- 
ening to lead us. We should hold ourselves in 
some measure responsible lor the evils which 
might ensue, should we suffer any fear of a mis- 
interpretation of our motives, to ileter us fro^n 
availing ourselves of all means that offer to stay 
the tide of sectional animosity now flowing 
over the country. When brother is arrayed in 
open hostility against brother; when the uplitt- 
ed arm of fanaticism seeks to strike its dagg'^r 
into the heart of the Union; it is no time for 
true men to falter. 



It has been urged that the triumphal progress 
of Millard Fillmore through his native State 
was not a partv demonstration, but a mere ex- 
pression of respect for one who had filled the 
highest office in the people's gift. But would thi» 
public honor have been tendered to one who had 
not filled that hiirh ofHce to the people's satisfac- 
tion? In traveling through the little State of 
New Hampshire, could Franklin Pierce call 
forth so flattering a demonstration of the public 
veneration and esteem as has marked the pro- 
gress of Millard Fillmore through the great 
Empire State.^ We do not claim the ovations in 
New York as strictly a party triumph. We re- 
gard them rather as a spontaneous e.vpression of 
the respect of men of all parties for a great anil 
good man, a statesman and a patriot. And in 
that lighr. we consider the demon.st ration most 
signiilcant; believing, as we sacredly do, that 
in the present deplorable co.'ulition of our gov- 
ernment at home and abroad — with a foreign 
war threatening us on one side, and the more 
appalling danger of a disruption of the Union 
menacing us on the other — the great mass of 
our coiuitrymen will rise superior to political 
associations and party ties, and place the com- 
mand of the ship in the hands of that man who 
has already guided her through the terrors of a 
storm not less fearful than that which now rages 
around us, and anchored her safely in the har- 
bor of peace and national prosperity. 

Mr. Fillmore is the candidate of a great na- 
tional party. That party will give him a pow- 
erful, if not an undivided support. But iheir 
principles are patriotic — their platform broad 
.and comprehensive. They invite the co-opera- 
tion and assistance of all true hearted Americans 
who are the friends of the Union in the com- 
ing contest. The nomination they have made 
is a convincing proof of the pure patriotism by 
.which they are influenced. Their candidate, 
while standing firmly and unyieldingly upon 
their platform, can well challenge the support 
of all conservative. Union loving men. Neither 
too well known, like Mr. Buchanan, nor too 
liille known, like Mr. Fremont, he points to 
the past as security for the. future, and stands 






forth as the champion of the Union— the foe to 
sectionalism, let it spring from the South or 
from the North. 

In order that the history of Mr. Fillmore's 
reception in his native State may be complete, 
and its lessons properly understood by all, we 
give in connection therewith the platform of 
principles upon which he was placed in nomi- 
nation by the national convention of the Ameri- 
can party, together with his letter of accept- 
ance and the ratification resolutions adopted by 
the National Council, and the grand council of 
his State. 

Platform of the Jlmctican Party, adopted at the 
Session of the National Council. February 
21«(, 1856. 

Ist. An humble acknowledgment to the Su- 
preme Being for His protecting care vouch- 
safed to our fathers in their successful Revolu- 
tionary struggle, and hitherto manilested to us. | 
their descendants, in the preservarion of the i 
liberties, the independence and the union of 
these States. 

2d. The perpetuation of the Federal Union, 
as the palladium of our civil and religious liber- 
ties, and the only sure bulwark of American In- 
dependence. 

3d. Americans must rule .-Vmerica; and to this 
end, native-born citizens should be selected tor 
all State, Federal, or municipal offices, or gov- 
ernment employment, in preference to all 
others-, nevertheless, 

' 4th. Persons born of American parents resid- 
ing temporarily abroad, should be entitled to all 
tho rights of native-born citizens; but 

5th. No person should be selected for politi- 
cal station {whether of native or loreiijn birth), 
who recognizes any allegiance or obligation of 
»ny description to any foreign prince, potentate 
dr power, or who refuses to recognize the Fede- 
tal and State constitutions (each within its 
sphere), as paramount to all other laws, as rules 
of political action. -' 

6th. The unqualified recognition and mainte- 
nance of the reserved rights of the several 
States, and the cultivation of harmony and fra- 
ternal good will between the citizens of the se- 
veral States, and to this end, non-interference 
by Congress with question appertaining solely 
to the individual States, and non-intervention by 
each State with the affairs of any other State. 
^ 7th. The recognition of the right of the na- 
tive-born and naturalized citizens of the United 
States permanently residing in any territory 
thereof, to frame their constitution and laws 
and to regulate their domestic and social affairs 
in their own mode, subject only to the pro\i- 
sionsof the Fedenii Constitution' with the privi- 
lege of admis.sion into the Union whenever they 
have the requisite population for one Repre- 
sentative in Congress: provided always, that 
ncae but those who are r-itizens of the United 
States, under the constitution and laws thereof, 
and who have a fixed residence in any such ter- 
ritory, ought to participate in the formation of 
the constitution, or the enactment of laws for 
said Territory or State. 



8th. An enforcement of the principle that no 
State or Territory ought to admit others than 
citizens of the United States to the right of suf- 
frage or of holding polilical oilice. 

9lh. A change in the laws of naturalization, 
making a continued residence of twenty-one 
years, of all not heretofore provided for, an m- 
dispensable requisite Ibr citizenship hereafter, 
and excluding all paupers and persons convicted 
of crime, from landing on our shores; but no 
interference with the vested rights of foreigners. 

10th. Opposition to any union between Church 
and State; no interference with religious faith 
or worship, and no test oaths for ollice. 

llth. Free and thorough investigation into 
any and all alloged abuses of public functiona- 
ries, and a strict economy in public expendi- 
tures. 

I2th. The inaintenance and enforcement of all 
laws constitutionally enacted, until said laws 
shall be repealed, or shall be declared null and 
void by corupetent judicial authority. 

I'Jth. Opf)Osition to the reckless and unwise 
policy of the present administratiou in the gene- 
ral management of our national affairs, and 
more especially as shown in reii.oving ''Ameri- 
cans." (by d<'sijjnalion) and conservatives in prin- 
ciple, from office, and placing for^-igner8 and ul- 
traists in their places, as shown in the truckling 
subserviency to the stronger, and an insolent 
and cowardly bravado toward the weaker jiow- 
ers; as shown in re-oi>eiiing sectional agitation 
by the repeal of the Missouri Cotrjproinise; as 
shown in granting to unnatiiraljzed I'ortigners 
the right of suffrage in Kansas and Nebraska; 
as shown in its vascillating course on the Kan- 
sas and Nebraska question; as shown in the cor- 
ruptions which pervade someol the departments 
of the governtrent; as shown in di.«gracing mer- 
itorious naval o/iicerH through prejudice or ca- 
price; and as shown in the blundering iniRman- 
1 agi-ment o{ our foreign relations. 
I 14th. Theielore. to remedy existing evils, 
1 and prevent the disastrous consequences other- 
wise resulting therefrom, we would build up 
the "American Parly" on the principles herein- 
' before stated. 

liJth. That each State Council shall have au- 
1 thonty to amend their several constitutions, so 
! as to abolish the several degrees, and institute a 
i pledge of honor, instead of other obligations, 
for fellowship and admission into the jiarty. 
1 (iih. A free and open iliscussion of all politi- 
I cal principles embraced in our platform. 

' NOitlNATION OF .AIR. FJLL.MOKE. 

A comnnltee having been appointed by the 
! National Convention, which nominated Mr. 
Fillmore, to inlbrm tiim of their action, the fol- 
I lowing correspondence ^vas had. 

1 LETTER OK THE COMMITTEE. 

j PniL.M>El.PHiA, Feb. 26, 1S55. 

j Sir: The National Convention of the Ameri- 

I can party which has just closed its session in 

, this city, has r.naniniously chosen you as their 

■ candidate for the Presidency of the UnitoJ 



States in the election to be held in November 
next. It has associated with you Andrew Jack- 
son Doiielson. f^sq , of Tennessee, as the candi- 
date for the Vice Presidency. 

The Convention has charged the undersigned 
with the aufieeable duty of communicating the 
proceedings to you, and of asking your accept- 
ance of a nomination which will receive not 
only the cordial support of the great national 
party in whose name it is made, but the appro- 
bation also of large numbers of other enlightened 
friends of the Constitution and the Union, who 
will rejoice in the opportunity to testify their 
grateful appreciation of your faithful service in 
the past, and their confidence in your experi- 
ence and integrity for the guidance of the future. 

The undersigned take advantage of this occa- 
sion to tender lo you the expression of their own 
gratification in the proceedings of the Conven- 
tion, and to assure you of the high consideration 
in which they are, Yours, &c., 

ALE.XANDER H. H. STUAET. 

ANDIIKW Sri:\VAKT, 

KRA.STLS IlIiOOKS. 

K. H. BAKTLETl, 

W I Mil AM .1. KAMES. 

KrmiAIM MARJ^H. 

Committee, ic. 

To the Hon. Millakd Fillmobe. 

MR. FILLMORE'S ACCEPTANCE. 

Paris, May 21, 1856. 

Gkntlemen: I ha%'e the honor to acknowl- 
edge the recoipt of your letter, informing me 
that the National Convention of the American 
party, which had just closed its session at Phila- 
delphia, had unanimously presented my nSme 
for the Presidency of the United States, and 
associated with it that ot Andrew Jackson 
Donohon for the Vice Presidency. This unex- 
pected communication met me at Venice, on my 
return from Italy, and the duplicate mailed 
thirteen days later, was received on my arrival 
in this city last evening. 

This must account for my apparent neglect in 
giving a more prompt reply. 

You will pardon me for saying, that, when 
my administration closer! in 1853, 1 considered 
my political life as a public man at an end, and 
thenceforth I was only anxious to discharge my 
duty as a private citizen. Hence I have taken 
no active part in politics; but I have by no 
means been an indifferent spectator of passing 
events, nor have I hesitated to express my opin- 
ion on all political subjects when asked, nor to 
give my vote and private influence tor those mer 
and measures I thought best calculated to pro- 
mote the'jirosperity and glory of our common 
couatry. Beyond this, I have deemed it im- 
proper for me to interfere. 

But this unsolicited and unexpected nomina- 
tion has imposed upon me a new dul)', from 
which I can not shrink; and therefore, approv- 
ing, as I do, the general objects of the party 
which has honored me with its confidence, I 
cheerfully accept its nomination, without wail- 
ing to intjuire of its prospects of success or de- 
feat. It IS sufficient for me to know that by so 
doing I y'\M to Th« wishes of a large portioa of ' 



my fellow-citizens in every part of the Union, 
who, like myself, are sincerely anxious to see 
the administration of our government restored 
to that original simplicity and purity which 
marked the first years of its existence, and, if 
possible, to quiet that alarming sectional agita- 
tion, which, while it delights the monarchists 
of Europe, causes every true friend of our coun- 
try to mourn. 

Having the experience of past service in the 
administration of the government, I may be per- 
mitted to refer to that a* the exponent of the 
future, and to say, should the choice of the Con- 
vention be sanctioned by the people, I shall with 
the same scrupulous regard for the rights of 
every section of the Union which then influenced 
my conduct, endeavor to perform every duty 
confided by the constitution and laws to the 
Executive. 

As the proceedings of the Convention have 
marked a new era in the history of the country, 
by bringing a new political orsranization into the 
approaching presidential canvass, I take occa- 
sion to reatFirm my full confidence in the patri- 
otic purpose of that organization, which I re- 
gard as springing out of a public necessity forced 
upon the country to a large extent by unfortu- 
nate sectional divisions, and the dangerous ten- 
dency of those divisions towards disunion. 

It alone, in my opinion, of all the political 
agencies now existing, is possessed ot the power 
to silence this violent and disastrous agitation, 
and to restore harmony by its own example of 
moderation and forbearance. It has a claim, 
therefore, in my judgment, upon every earnest 
friend of the integrity of the Union. 

So estimating this party, both in its present 
position and future destiny, I freely adopt its 
great leading principles, as announced in the 
recent declaration of the National Council in 
Philadelphia, a copy of which you were so kind 
as to enclose to me, holding them to be just and 
liberal to every true interest of the country, and 
wisely adapted to the establishment and support 
of an enlightened, safe and effective American 
policy, in full accord with the ideas and the 
hopes of the fathers of our Republic. 

I expect shortly to sail for America, and with 
the blessing of divine Piovidence hope soon to 
tread my native soil. My opportunity of com- 
paring my own country and the condition of the 
people with those of Europe has only served to 
increase my admiration and love of our blessed 
land of liberty, and 1 shall return to it without 
even a desire ever to cross the Atlantic again. 

I beg of you, gentlemen, to accept my thanks 
for the very flattering manner in which you have 
been pleased to communicate the result of the 
action of that enlightened and patriotic body of 
men who composed the late convention, and to 
be assured, that I am, with profound respect and 
esteem, your friend and fellow-citizen. 

.MILLARD FILLMORE. 

Messrs. Alexander H. H. Stuart, Andrew 
Stewart, Erastus Brooks, E. B. Bartlett, Wm 
J, Eameo, Epbraim Mareh, Committee. 



1 



PROCEEDINGS OK THE AMERICAN STATE 

rorNCii.. 

At the lime of the nomination of Mr. Fill- 
more at Phila-lelphia, the G(anil Council o( the 
American Order for the Stale of New York wa« 
in sesfcion at Canundaiijua. The aclion of the 
National Nou.inatjnf; Convention havinij h* ''n 
announced therein, it was net uith a h^cwiy 
respotise; and the following resolutions wne 
^nani'tlnusly adopted: 

Resolved, Thai this Grand Council huilf with 
the liveliest salistaclion the nominalicn of Mil- 
lard Fillmore as the candidate of ihe An erican 
party for the ofTice of President of the I'micJ 
States; thai in his tried ela'esniani'hip and pa- 
triotic integrity, and his devotion to the in -^ 
rests of ihe whole people, we have the ourrst 
guar.intee of his fitness for the hit,'h posiliot; (ur 
which he has been n.imed. and that weconli.irv 
and earnestly C(»nimend hini to the A'leiiijn 
electors of the Kinpire State, as eminently wor- 
thy of their siifTrages, which we doubt not La 
will most cortiially receive. 

Kesolved, Thai in tliA nomination of AnJrew | 
Jackson Donelson, of Tennessee, for the oftire of 
Vice-President of the United State*, we reroe- 
nize a patriot und btatesman of the J- ' 
and Jacksonian schools, and that, in it.' 
of bis illustrious predecessor — '"by tLt , . .i- . ■ 
of '"Sam" we will elect him. 

The nominations were then ratified by nine 
hearty cheers for each candidate. • • 

On the :!d day of June, I65G, a letsion of th« , 
American Grand Council of the State of Sew 
York was held in the city of New York, when 
the following resolutions were unanimously 
adopted : 

Betolved, That our earnest thank* are ten- 
dered to the American National Convention for 
the nomination of Millard Fillmnrr an I 
Andrew Jackson Donelson for the Prrtideti- 
cy and Vice Presidency of the United States, 
and that we are confitbnl of their ratiticntioii 
by the people of the nation. 

Resolved, That the extreme part izan measurrs 
of the Administrative Democracy on the on<» 
side, and the Black R<^puldicai s on the other, 
driving the coun'.ry wi'h fr>-i:/iej real into a 
most dangerous 8>?clioiiil .<»;rile. not only r»'- 
quires a prompt and signal rebuke but aban- 
dantly proves that neither party can be aafel/ 
trusted. 

Rtsolctd, That as conservators of law and 
the constitutional rights of a tree press and free 
speech, without licentiousness in either, the 
American party is equally opposed to tbe Ix)'a I't , 
knife and revolvjr on the one side, and Sharpe's 
rifles on the otner, for the settlement of consti- 
tutional (lues'iniis or sectional issues. 

Resolved, That we present the American par , 
ty to the country, not as an order, not as a ^o . 
ciety, but as a broad, <ompiehensive, conserva- 
tive, national party, standing, like other politi- 
cal parties, openly before the country, invitin;; . 
to its fold all who adopt its sentiti.enli, and . 
participate in its convictions; but noihinshero- j 
iff shAli be 8u cuQkUuud a^ iq iuiexivj;« vmU a y | 



organization whirh the party, in any state, for 
its own (government, nay choose to a-'opt. 

Tlie M-ader has now belore hini ihe pUlforni 
of the AintTican |»ariy. and he can i-idgit lor 
hi.uself ot the pniicipleft upon whi' h they go 
beloie iheir countrymen, and ask (rom lhe,^: 
their united »up(>orl ol the r:)n>.lidutes whom 
they have iio(ninaied lor the highest olhcet in 
the Kilt of the American jieople 

We novr proceed to give a narration of the 
Grand Ovation tendered to '"Tne .Man for the 
Tunes,'' by the riiizens ot his native Male, on 
the occasion of his return to his home from his 
lour in foreign lands. 



•finite in:< 
return r»- 



to bim a public reception, as ■ -►-.• 

city. The anion ol the Ci'iii I ,, ua, 

piomptly respcnded to by the cnu*ti» general- 
ly. .A I'liblif ri eriiK.; wn« hfid, vihiih wai 
!•':.■• ■ ' 'i)iite« 

wa> ,, iba 

..ri,, i I ! V 

I of Wji 

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the- ,.- 

i^** ;• . - - --■ ..^t 

lar iirniiKi .New VorK in arranitinff lor a iniinf 
welrofiie to Ihe eminent slaiesman. Her Coun- 
cil anti her riiitens n;el, and. adop\in( •imiU- 
■ AM>luitoiia lo ii.o>e tb4l bad bren parsed at .New 
.in«n» lor a j-iblic tt- 
d in ihe ftamt line 
'IS I'l I. 'lie oil the New Vof>> 
.<» wpjl at on liie Central lior 
.;h the proper auihorilici, ibei.' 
>:r. t'llliiioro 10 visit ibem on 
lie. 
Kii SiindMV rvrning, June 3'.'d,at about 9 o'clorV 
tiie arrival ol thf Allantic at hitndy llt>ok,«ili 
J^lr. Fillniore among iLe pai<eDt;en, w«* an- 
UOitnreU iiv t«ierrapn in the city. 

0; 'k, Ihe AlUntic br«d 

atriii '-r of beautiful rock- 

ets, ^i' . . . . »>.i. .i.'.Mi up. and coniiouad 
uniil »he arnveU at her wharl. 

liumediately on the app<-arance m < r»» (.f.t 
rocket, a solute ol lilty guns wa* l.i 
Mharf, and as the vr^5rl arrived olT ' 
two more rockets weie sent up, when tor luur- 
der ol artillery was again opcne<l, bul Ihis Xiuf 
it came Inim l.'ie New Jersey snn.e. 

.NIf.tinvhile. bctwi-«-n two and ihrr-e thouaand 
peopled." )>arl. and as the vr>* 

neared c itina b'*arly ci 

werecivi. ..; , i Til mote. 

Aldi-rman Brisgs and tiie Committer cf Re- 
ception of the Co/imion tiouix-il, ,ia «Uo .-» pri- 
vate recsrpiion a-mmillee Inoin the various ' 
boarded the vrssel. an«l waited on tbe i . 
Presidcat in the alter cabin. 

After a few preliminary obaerrationt, Altlar- 
aaui tiling* \kky*t^ the fwJIaviinc adiL-wa: 



Mr. Fillmore. In the name of Sew York 
and of this nation, I welcodie yoti to your na- 
tive shores. Your connlrytnen have watcheiJ 
jonr pilKTimage tbrouxh the European Stales 
with int'tnge soliciluJe. fearing that those nat- 
ural caUn itics always depcnilint; over the liv- 
ing iniiht ilrpnve ilieni ot your valuable lile. 
■nd overwhfliii your country with univeisal sor- 
row; an<l I coii^ratuldle yourticlf au<l your 
kin.lred (hat you have passed the dan^eis of 
laod and sea, and have returned in health and 
happiness to your native land; and above all, I 
rejoice that you will soon return to the White 
House, to remove the verfnin that have gath- 
ered there during your unfortunate absence liom 
the national helm. Our country is bleste«l with 
all the climates and producllon^ ol' nature, and 
with free iiistitutii'iM; and the An.ericans kin- 
die flies of liberty aiid union in ».very vale 
and on every hill, on your s.ife rettim to a^ain 
bless us with an adininistralion thai will en- 
forc- respect and obedience to our glorious lla-; 
wherever it waves, and fe« ore unity and tran- 
quility and contentment to the farlherest fron- 
tiers of our beloved country. 

MK. m.i.MORE's RESPorree. 

Mr. Chairman: This unexpected and flatter- 
ing reception from the city of New York, and 
my native State, reaches a heart that may not 
feel otherwise than |;rateful. It is true, sir, 
that for more than a year I have been a labo- 
rious traveler in foreiijn countries, and although 
I have wandered far, tuy heart his always been 
with the A'nerican peop'c. (Great applause.) 
And this, sir, is the happiest and i)rou est day 
of my life, to be received thus by a city which 
ii known throughout Europe. For, sir, travel 
where you will there, an I ask the hunibit-st 
peasant what lown he knows in the United 
States, and he will tell you that it isNew York. 
(.Applause ) lam proud to own that I am a native 
of the State of New York; and I am prouder still, 
sir, to U? able to sny that I am an American 
citizen, (.\pplnuse, and three cheers were here 
given for Mr. FiIl!i;ore.) Sir, you have been 
pleased to allude to my former services in the 
councils of my country. It does not become 
me to speak of them here They bave passed 
into history. Much les.H docs it become me to 
•peak of the future. All that I can say, is, 
sir, that my uaire, tinsoliciti'd on my part, and 
entirely une.xpected, has been presented by my 
friends for the sullrages of the people. If thev 
shall see fit again to manife.st their ccnfidenc'e 
in me by elevating me to that hi:;h [losition, nil 
I can prom i«e is a faithl'i! and ir partial admin- 
istration of the laws ol the country in every 
part of th» country. (Applause ) If thpre bf 
those either north or jonth who desire an iid- 
ministration for the north as against the south, 
or for the south as against the north, they are 
not the men who should give ineir suifr.iges 
to me. (Most enthusiastic applause and cries, 
of "that's so.') For my own pnrt, I U-no'w on- 
ly my country, my whole cuuntry, and nothing 
Uit mjr ooanuy. (Ureat applauw^ But, air, I 



am unexpectedly called upon on this occision, 
to make tb<'se few remarks, and must conclude 
by again returning my sincere thanks to the 
corporation of the city ol New York, which 
has done me the imex peeled honor to welcome 
me back again. (Applause.) 

A voice — And the people receive yon, loo. 
(Cheers.) 

Mr. F.— I leturao.y thanks to the people, 
too. 

Aftw some remarks by Chester Priggs, E«!q., 
in behalf of the ward clubs. Mr. Fillmore was 
conducted froiti the cabin, and as soon as he 
made his appe.irance on deck, the most enthu- 
jiastir cheers were given. On landiitg he was 
surroufMipd by hundreds, all e.ngcr to ^rasp his 
hand, and if was with the utmost dillicnliy that 
•he comnrittee succeeded in conducting him to 
the carriage which was lO waitinf . 

As soon as Mr. Fillmore took his seat in the 
open barouche picpnred for him, the immense 
crowd forrne<i tivt- abreast, and getting in front 
of the rarriages. proceeded slowly up Canal 
street to Broadway, and from then< e to the St. 
.Nicholas hotel — the crowd cheering dining the 
whole way. while banners waved from various 
windows on the route, and in almost every 
window were ladifs waving white pockethand- 
kerchiefs, and greeting bni with their smiles. 

On arriving at the door of the hotel, about 
one o'clock .\. .M., a large crowd, who had 
been waiting there since 11 o'clock on Sunday 
night, ru.-hed forward and surioundeil the car- 
riage, and literally lilted him out of it, amidst 
immense cheering. 

Mr. Fill.'uorp was then escorted np stairs to 
his private room, but the cheers and calls for 
Fillmore, and clapping of hands, became most 
enthusiastic; and he at lenaih appeared on the 
balcony, escorted by Alderman Briggs and 
Councilman Van Riper, and bowed gracefully 
to the crowd, while the cheering continued for 
several 'minutes. Having at length obtained 
silence, Mr. Fillmore spoke as follows: 

Fellow Citizen?— r believe I shall hardly 
trespass upon the Sabbath; (cries of "no! no! 
it is Monday morning,''; — for it 'is past mid- 
night; if I give you my thanks for this wel- 
come back to my native State. You may readily 
conceive that a person ju^t landing from a long 
voyage, weakene<l by sea sickness and wearied 
by travel, can hardly apprecia'c the enthusiasm 
displayed by a street full of people, gathered 
together at this unseasonable hour. I have 
seen much of European lilc. I have been able 
to contrast it with that of my own country. 
Compared with n^y own I would say to you, 
that alter all my wanderings, my heart luriu to 
Ameiica, my home and the place of my birth. 
But, fellow-citizens, (his is no tin.e for a speech, 
and I will n:cre!y add that. Iron this time for- 
ward. I am not only with you but of you. 

Mr. Fillmore then retired (rotn tbt balcony, 
and cheei after cheer arose from the assembled 
crowd. 



SECOND DAY. 

Mr. Fillmore was called upon by a large 
number of strangers and citizens this niorning, 
including many of his old associates in Coa- 
gress from this and neighboring States, and 
many distinguished and official persons from 
home and abroad. Several committees were also 
received; and delegations were present from 
places alonsr the Central Road, from Albany to 
Buffalo, and on the Krie Road, from Pierront 
to Dunkirk, asking his acceptance of invitations 
to stop by the way. 

About a hundred gentlemen from Philaiiel- 
phia, delegates authorized to invite Mr. Fill- 
more to visit Philadelphia, were received by him 
this morning in the parlors of the St. Nicholas, 
where tlie Hon. Mr. !Mooie, late a member of 
Congress from that city, thus addressed him: 
SPEECH OF THE HON. MR. MOOKE. 

Mr. Fillmore: In behalf of this Committed, 
from your many warm ami ardent friends in 
Philadelphia, it is my sincere pleasure to extend 
to you a cordial welcome to your native soil, 
after a year's absence in other lamls. and also 
to extend to you as cordial an invitation to vi«it 
Philadelphia, and thus allord our citizens the 
opportunity of personally assurmg you, that 
this welcotiie does not consist in the mere for- 
mal enunciation of that word froni my lips, hut 
that in the honest, cordial and sincere eiiolions 
of every true. patrio;ic heart in Pennsylvania, 
you are wekome, thrice uelcoMie, to your native 
land. It has been, sir, with feelings of a true 
national pride that we have noticed the out- 
pouring expressions of respect and esteem, which 
you have everywhere, and from all classes, re- 
ceived during your sojourn and travels in other 
lands; and, when we connect those expressions 
with the fact that you hold or occupy no politi- 
cal or public station, and that, therefore, they 
were given lo the nian, and not to position or 
power, we could not repress the feelings of 
national pride which those refleclions enkindled 
in our breasts, and we recognize you therefore 
not as a New Yorker, not as a Pennsylvanian, 
but as the property of the whole coimtry; and 
it is not as Philadelphians merely, but as Amer- 
icans, as citizens of a common country, of a 
great and glorious Union, that we welcome you 
home, and venture to express the hope that you 
will visit Philadelphia, and thus aflbrd our citi- 
zens an opportunity of personally tendering to 
you a welcome as honest, as cordial and sincere 
as Philadelphians can and do feel, but which I, 
in my imperfect language, can and have but 
feebly expressed. 

MR. FILLMORK'S RKPI.Y. 

Mr. Chairman: This unexpected welcome 
from the city of our Independence and of the 
Constitution, calls forth feelings of gratitude 
which I have not wonis to express. If there be 
any place outside of my native State which I 
respect, more than another, that place is Phila- 
delphia. Its history, its s<.cred associations, all 
inspire me with respect and admiration, and I 
look to it as the birthplace of our Liberty and 



our Laws; for there Independence was proclaim - 
ed and our Constitution formed; and when 1 
see here to-day the nurrd>er of your delegation, 
and know the' intelligence they represent, this 
kindness gives me a pleasure I have not the 
power adequately to express. You have. sir. in 
your remarks, seen fit lo allude to my travels 
and receptions in foreign countries. It is true 
that, from the crowned head to the peasant, I 
have been received everywhere with kindness 
and respect; but 1 do not attribute this to any 
merit of my own. but to the fart that your power 
had elevated me to the office of Chief Mntiistrate 
of this great and free RepuLlic. Hut often, sir. 
while I have received such kindness abroad. I 
must own that I have heard, with the most pain- 
ful solicitude, of events and scenes which have 
been transpiring at honjc. Not often, in many 
parts of Europe, have 1 been able to see an 
American paper, but extracts from them I have 
seen everywhere copied into foreign journals, 
whii-h showed that alarming dissentions and 
turmoil exiited in my own country — such as ex- 
cited in my mind the liveliest solicitude, am! 
which ha.s given me the greatest pain. And 
when it is known that foreign monarchies arr 
watching, with feelings of satisfaction, every 
new cause ol internal discord, and expecliiu: 
therefrom a speedy dissolution of this model 
Republic, is it to be wondered at that .such 
should be my feelings? 

But, sir, it was some consolation to see, nay 
a real satisfaction to know, that in all parts ol 
Europe, many hopeful hearts weie beating with 
anxious solicitude for our welfare, and were 
trusting and believing, that a free and intelli- 
gent people would continue to govern them- 
selves. They trusted, arid I trusted with them, 
that the day is far distant when we shall be 
called upon to witness so great a calamity as 
civil war in these States. For God's sake, 
let us all remember that our present freedom and 
greatness is the gift of our forefathers, and of 
their concord and unity in your own city of 
Philadelphia. 

But 1 am trespassing on your time. I only 
intended to return my acknowledgments for 
your kind invitation to me to visit your city. 1 
regret that jt is out of my power to accept it. 1 
am anxious to return to my home, and see my 
friends from whom I have been so long absent- 
and at some future time, after the people shall 
have decided lo do with me as they have a right 
to decide, it will aflonl me extreme pleasure \o 
respond to the cordial invitation of my friends 
in Philadelphia. 

THE PKOCESSIO.N. 

At 11 o'clock Hon. Daniel Ullmann, on be- 
half of the Fillmore and Donelson (reneral 
Committee, welcomed Mr. Fillniorcto the city, 
to which Mr. Fillmore briefly responded; after 
which accompanied by the committee, and fol- 
lowed by the American frcneral Committ'-e br 
left the hotel, lor the City Hall, and was re- 
ceired by the throng o{ people in the street? 
I with tremendous cheers. The assembly of 
' people was immense, every accessible point cf 



the streets and buildings being occupied, and the 
enthusiasm of the populace unbounded. 

THE HHOCKKllINGS IN THE OOVERNOR's ROOM. 
On the arrival of Mr. Filhfjore at the Gov- 
ernor's Room, the ceremony of introduction was 
commenced and continued tor about ten minutes, 
when the Mayor arrived. After the usual 
hand shaking, the Mayor adilressed him as 
follows; 

Mr. Fillmore -. In behalf of the corporation 
of the city of \ew York, it becomes my duty to 
receive you on this occasion, and fo tender the 
niunicipal hospitalities. We are ready to do 
public honor to those who have filled eminent 
stations with fidelity and usefulness. In this 
instance we have an additional incentive in your 
personal relation to us as our own fellow-citi- 
zen — wi:ll known to us and admired in all the 
walks of private life, and as truthful and liberal 
in the posts of public duty. You have never 
disgraced your State or shocked its conservative 
sentiments by a resort to sectional agitation or 
appeals to the passions or prejudices of men. — 
You have, indeed, in this respect, reflected its 
public opinion, by refusing to lend your coun- 
tenance or aid to the seditious efforts of dema- 
gogues, who would euibroil the State and citi- 
zens of thii republic in sectional and fratricidal 
w^arfare, to gratify their own unjustifiable am- 
bition for place and power. As a public man, 
you have been national and conservative, and 
New York can have no reason to receive you 
in any other way then as a dutiful son, who has 
been true to her interests. In this spirit Ibid 
you welcome back to your native country, and 
am happy to be made the organ of your recep- 
tion. Sir, the Comir:on Council liave passed 
resolutions (which we omit,] upon which this 
public reception is based, and which I will now 
read, as e.xpressing the opinion and feeling of 
that branch of the corporate authorities. 

Mr. Fillmore responded as follows : 
Mr. Mayor— This une.xpected and agreeable 
welcome from the great commercial emporium 
of the United States, leaves me without lan- 
guage to express the grateful emotions of my 
heart. I had hoped for a moment to have ar- 
ranged my ideas, but, you know, as well as oth- 
ers within the sound of my voice, that from the 
time I lauded, I have scarcely found a riiinute 
for thought. It is, however, hardly necessary. 
I have known this city, and I thought, apprecia- 
ted its importance, but until I traversed Europe. 
I was not so sensible of the importance of this 
city to the United States, and the importance of 
the United States to this city. (Applause.) — 
You have been pleased to refer to the fact that 
my public life has been of a conservative char- 
acter, and I am free to admit that I regard this 
conservatism as the proudest principle I have 
been able to sustain. (Applause.) We have 
received from our fathers a Union and a consti- 
tution above all price and value, and that man 
who can not sacrifice anything for the support 
of both is unworthy of his country. You, sir, 
known, for I have had the gratification of ex- 



pressing it to you in person, how highly I ap- 
predated the stand you took in sustaining the 
laws. You know better than I can express it, 
that liberty can only exist in obedience to law. 
(Renewed applause.) That country which i.s 
governed by despotism instead of law, knows 
not liberty. I never was so strongly impressed 
with this as since my return. 

It has been my fortune to visit most of the 
principle cities on the Continent, where many 
of the governments of Europe exercis3 their 
control over their subjects the same as the mas- 
ter exercises his power over the slave. No man 
is permitted to go without the walls of a city 
unless with a passport, nor enter another king- 
dom without the same permission. I thank 
God, that when I stepped upon the shores of 
America my passport was not demanded. (En- 
thusiastic applause.) 

Sir, your beautiful bay has often been com- 
pared to that of Naples. I have had the good 
fortune to look on both. Italy with its sunny 
skies is a delightful legion. Oh, that it had a 
government like ours and a people to maintain 
it. (Applause ) There are points of resem- 
blance between the two bays, but when you 
look at the waters and ihe surrounding scenery, 
there the comparison ends. When I entered 
that city I was surrounded by swarms of beg- 
gars, but I no sooner stepped on shore here than 
I Wiis surrounded by thousands of Ireemen. — 
(Applause.) That is the difference between 
Nevv York and Naples. Rome is in its decay. 
Venice once shone forth with more commercial 
splendor perhaps, than New York does now ; 
but where is ir, and what is Venice now but a 
waste in the midst of the ocean ? New York 
has just emerged to greatness, and if it would 
continue its onward march let our people re- 
member the lessons taught them by our fore- 
fathers, that they must maintain the constitu- 
tion intact. 

If they do this they will find that this city 
has but commenced its great commercial career. 
England at present wields the destinies of the 
commercial world, and her power is concentra- 
ted in London: but if this country can main- 
tain its union, there are those now within the 
hearing of mv voice who will live to see Nevv 
York what London is now. (Applause.) I 
congratulate you, sir, that you are the Chief 
Magistrate of this great city, and I congratulate 
my fellow citizens that you are equal to the 
burden imposed upon you. I also congratulate 
you, that no maiter what may be your private 
feelings, you are determined to stand by the 
union of your country. Pardon me for these re- 
marks — they are desultory, but I speak with a 
sincere heart when I return you my most grate- 
ful thanks. 

When Mr. Fillmore had finished his remarks 
and shook hands wiih a number of persons who 
were present, the procession returned to the 
Saint Nicholas Hotel, when a call bein? made, 
he appeared on the balcony and addressing the 
procession, said: 

Mr. Marshal; I beg leave, sir, to tender yo|Ji 



Rtid the g'?n!lf!nei! under your command, my 
most sincere thanks lor the manner in uliich 
ihcy have coiidncied ihe-nsflves ihrou«hoiH the 
entire cereiriony of the day . It is graiilyin^j to 
rne to see the streets oi this vast nietro|H.>lis 
crowded with freemen, with no otiier arms but ; 
those of Liberty and u Iree Constitution. We j 
have here no gent d'armtt to compel ns into | 
submission and servitude. Ht-r.-, our freedom j 
is guarded aid pru'.ccted by tiie ballot box. It I 
is gratifyini; to me to know that in ibis Repub- 
lican laii I ot Liberty, it is not a requisite thing 
that your Cliief Executive tliould be v*a'.il»e«i 
over every time he ventures in public, by a , 
guard of gtnt d'armcs. In this country he 
wants no other guaid than that which is gunr- 
antied to him by a free people. (.Applause.) 
Permit me again to return my most sincere 
thanks to you foi your kind reception to-tlay. 
Mr. F. then retired to his routo. 

THE OLD LINK WBIUS. 

TTieWliig General Coirmiltee— full and com- 
plete in numbers from the 02 wards of the city— 
no nembers in nun. her, net at Conveniioo 
Hall a little after 7 o'clock, yesterday evninj. 
The meinbt-rs were in the best of spirili, .ind 
were full of conijratulations upon the rising pros- 
pects of the Fillii ore party. 

At SoMock it wan announce*! that Mr. Fill- 
more was rcaily to r-ceive them, when the com- 
mittee forineil in procession, two together, anr 
in arm, the Chairman leading otF, and hki- 
down Broadway to the St Nicholas. 'I 
enterins the parlor of Mr. Fillmore, which v\aH 
soon crowded to over.lowing, he soon ap|>eared 
from a private room. 

MR. BROOKS INTRODfCrs THE WHIG r""»'- 
.MITTKE. 

Mr James Brooks introducing the Whig uen- 
«ral Committee of the City and County of New- 
York, said: 

I have the honor, Mr. Fillmore, to present to 
you my associates of the Whig G<?neral Com- 
mittee ol the city of New York We are Whigt. 
sir, all Whigs, and notiiin? but Whigs^-old line 
Whigs of 184 », '44. '4S and 'o2. As long as 
Henry Clay lived, we followed his flag and his 
fortunes, and in many a hanl fought campa:gn. 
we shared with hisu both victory and deiett. 
Veterans there are here, sir, who took the Hero 
of Tippecanoe from tlie lawns and fields of 
North Bend in triumph to Washington, and 
here are the heads of the legions th.u in 1S4S 
carried you and (ieneral Taylor to the Wtiile 
House, — and that failed only in 1844, became 
there was treason in our ranks We conie to 
welcome you home. — as an old snl Jier and old 
campaigner with us. — to offer you our hands, 
our hearts, and the humble apprubation of our 
heads. Here is the old :;uard, sir. veterans that 
have never bren beaten in a fair fight. }lere 
they are, sir, just as ready lor service as ever, 
and I am sure you will Le ylad to see ihe.T., one 
and all. 



MR. KiLLMOKr/s BLPLT. 
Gi-ntlemen: I receive this congratulation with 
a mixture of |)ride and gralilication. You have 
ugieeably reminded me of the ii.any haid-loughi 
battles through which we have passtd, and i^ 
iias gratified me to look round upon the faces of 
those who have been so often aasociated with 
me in struggles for our com'iion country. 
Though I now belong, kir, to the Ait ericon 
party, which has giown out of the exigenoie- 

•' "lies, yet there is not, I hope and 'ru»t, 
i.-nce I'f srntimt-nl between us wliuh 

. „...-na',e oht friends. You have spoken, 

sir, ol the ilileat of Henry Clay in 1%44, and 
you have alluded t« the causes ol" that defeat in 
our own State. That blow intlicled the firs: 
fatal woun.t npon the whip party. From that 
time a canker worm has gnaw.-«l at its heart, 
until its once proud fian e it laid in the dust. 
These are |>«inful r>- ' • •' ' 

pua. I luresaw fr< 
was gone here in till' a . .. . .« 
of the whig P*r'>y, "'"! ibat men c< 
er act in (, <r ■. . . v •., ■ '..•! . u!i>-ii ^ " 

spirit w.i cf «' 

to any at ■• way. 

Wnen in ^(>4^, |.«iii) by lh« \oue of the 

P^-,.,i,. a„j f«irily by that aft of Providence 

- from us the then Pre^i■^rnt elect, and 

the country in mourning, it so bap- 

ji'f;!- . '.I .It 1 was u I ' • ' ' ,.!..., ft 

to adLinuler the t' ""' 

"■••'■■♦ ■••'■- > :-!j: 

my duty to it y 

rountry, — IVortli 

as weii as South. True, not only the whigs, 

who elected n e, rallied round ii e, — hut the 

deiiocratic jiarty also, — certainly that portir»n 

r.f I! w^ii.h was ront^rvative, and which re- 

• . ' ''•r the 

(Ap^ 

] .ill .• ) .-; Ii I r . , ,... -t"i: .- orcupy 

the Prcsidrotial chair. I trust not only to have 
the support ol I-. I lii.e whig*, — the whigs 
of IS40. *44. : -but the support also 

of the old coi. . lenients of the demo- 

cratic party. 

They together carried roy administration 
through the trying scenes of 1830. and tolhem, 
in common wi'.h you, was I indebted for theor- 
• Irr, peace, contentment and prosperity I was 
thus, under Providence, enabled to gi\e to our 
common country 

But I have said ino'e th^n I had intci.Jed, 
sir. I only wishe<i to thank you, and those old 
wbigs whom I s-e around me, for thus ex ten.! - 
iiig to me their coiif5d»-nce an<l re«p'-ct. (Loud 
and predonsed applause, followed b/ three 
cheers for .Millard Fillmnr* ) 

Mran while, masse* ol" 
of the American Club, 

under the windows of lii>- >■ .■> '• ■" - . ■ ■ 
had just cone from Canal street, an.l the Van 
Riper flight Ihc stieef r.n c uith the roars 
and cheer* of the vast n ' ' «"ith cries 

for "Fillmore I FiUmort !'' 

Mr. Fillmore mad* his appearance on the bal- 



fony of Ihe hotel, arrid the most enthusiastic 
plau<lits, and addressed the crowd as folloK*'!: 

I have been told (said he.) that this is the Club 
which has just been sold out. (Cheers und roars 
oi laugtjter.) If this be so, it is very clear that 
you who were sold have not ratilieJ the sale. 
But be nat discouiaged, my Irionds, by traitors. 
It was the lot of Americans in the contest of 
177G to be sold out. — as it i< said yoti have l«een 
Hold out now. But thoutji there was an Arnold 
there was also a VV'ashini;ton, (Cheers renewed,) 
and in spite of the traitor. Americans were sale. 
(Continued cheering.) Have faith, my friends. 
Be not discoura»e<l. No treason, no traitors, can 
sell out Americans, who rallj uud<;r the tlig oi 
their country, the Constitution and the Union. 

Mr. Fillmore then retired, amid cheering that 
made the streets rins again. 

After Mr. F. had retired, the vast asseuiblage 
who seemed to be unwilling to retire, were ad- 
dressed in a spiriieJ manner by »>evfr.il fi;enile- 
mei), wh^n. alter a song written for the occasion 
had been sung in an enthusiastic irianner, the 
immense crowd dispersed at a late hour. 

ThiH day was appropriated to a reception by 
the citizens of Brooklyn, who welcotned him 
with the utmost eolhusiaarn. A procession of 
a mile in length escoiied him to the City Hall, 
where hf was received by the MuTor, who wel- 
comed hini in the nam'; o( th'' peo[de of that 
city. Mr. Fillmore rejilied in an appropriati- 
speech. F'rom the City Hall the procession 
nurched to the I'lerrepont House, where he 
again addresse«l the crowd. In the evening a 
brilliant display of tireworks was given, at the 
conclu«ion of which Mr. Fillmore returned '«i 
New York, an imniepse concouise of people 
accompanying hi(n to the St. Nicholas, \vhere 
he was serenaded by a band, and the people re- 
newed their cheers for him until a uenilen'an 
from one of the windows stated that Mr. Fill- 
more had retired to rest, and brgged to be e.x- 
cused from appearing. The crowd then di»- 
persetl at about half p.ist twelve o'clock. , 



VOVRTH DAY. 
»ni. ril.LMORK's UKPAIlTfkE. 
Seven o'clock Thursday morning, being the 
hour fixed lor the departure of Mr. F., a large 
crovd assembled in front of the St. Nicholas 
Hotel at an early hour Precisely at six o'clock 
Alderman Briggs arrived, acco(npanied by seve- 
ral members of the Common Council. In a 
few minutes Mr. FilliDore appeared, when 
the Albany delegation, headed by Sherifi" 
Brayton, was imniediai-'ly inirodiice I to him. 
Mr. Fillmore forthwith proceeded to his car- 
riage, and was warmly cheered on making his 
appearance. As he had e.v pressed a wish, how- 
ever, that no public demuostration should be 
given on his departure, the proceedings were 
private and quiet. 

THK ALIDA. 
On arriving at the wharf, nt a quarter before 
Mven o'clock, the .iteamboat Ahda was in re di- 
•Ma to recaitr* the guests and their attendauU. 
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The boat was b»'autifully decorated with banners, 
while hundreds of ladies who crowded her upper 
deck, received him with the warmest demon- 
sirationa of enlhusiasiTi. Cheer after cheer also 
r-jse from the crowd that had already assembled 
on the pier. 

As .Mr. Fillmore stepped on board, the cheer* 
iiig and waving of hand kerchiefs were renewed, 
and the ladies were then successively presented 
to Mr. Fillmore. Having gone through the 
cremony of this presentation, IMr. F. was sur- 
rounded by a troop of iriends who paid him 
their parting respects, and bade him a happy 
journey. 

Tlir KECKPTIO-N BY THK COMMITTEE. 

The Albany Delegated Committee were then 
drawn up in the cabin, and when all the mem- 
bers had been introduced, Mr. J. C, Rose, on 
behalf of his associates, delivered the following 
address to Mr. Fillmore: 

Air. Fillmorr. On behalf of the Albany dele- 
gation I congratulate you, on your return to 
your native state and country. We have been 
depoted as a delegation Irom the citizens of 
.\lbany to receive, and on their behalf, extend 
to you the welcone .ind ho«pitalities of that 
city. We are gratifio<l to find you, the favorite 
son of New York, and. I trust, of these United 
States, in the enjoyment of such perfect health 
— and ready and willing to enter into the warm 
contest, now alwir to be fought by the sons of 
.\!iierica, with all your strength and ability. 
Feeling confident of your success, I again beg 
leave, on behalf of my associates, to offar you 
Dur sincere esteem as a true and tried son of the 
soil. 

On our nearing Albany, two steamers, each 
^^ith a six pounder and a band, with uumerom 
ilflegatiotis of citizens, will meet us — and then, 
i^ir, I trust we nhall show you that we speak not 
only from our hearts, but also that our best 
ffTiTls will be put forth to gain the coming con- 
test, which we are confident of winning. 

Mr. Fillriiore, in reply, said — 

Gentlemen — I thank you for your kind recep- 
tion, and would try to express my thanks in a 
titling tnanner, but that from so repeatedly 
••peakini; tor the past few days, I have been ren- 
dered unable, by a severe hoarseness, to do jus- 
tice to the undertaking. (Applause.) 

As the st»'amer left the wharf, ten guns were 
filed from a brass six-pounder, which had been 
lirought from Albany by the delegation. As 
the Alida rounded the head of the pier, cheer 
alter rhcer was sent up by th" multitude who 
had asse'Tibled to witne.ss the departure of the 
noble guest. Mr. Fillmore stood on the prom- 
enade deck facing the dock, and acknowledged 
the compliment by gracefully bowing to the 
people. 

The first landing the Alida made after leav- 
ing New York was at Cozzen's Dock. The 
crowd on the wharf was immense, and longbe- 
lore the boat reached her mooring, the cheer« 
that rent the air from the enthusiastic assembly 
were deafening in the extreme. Flags and ban- 
ners were profusely displayed by the v&rioiu 



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clubs and associations that had assembled to 
welcome Mr. F. He was induced to walk to \ 
the promenade deck and present himself to the j 
thronsr. which had the effect of partially restor- I 
ing quiet. 

At the West Point Landing a large crowd 
was also assembled to do homage to the Man of ; 
the People. i 

Arriving at Newburgh, a tremendous assem- i 
blage of citizens was in waiting, and Mr. Fill- j 
more was received with immense enthusiasm, i 
When the cheers had subsided, Mr. A. K. j 
Chandler, of Fishkill Landing, introduced Mr. 
Fillmore as the American .standard bearer and i 
the man of the Union. ISlt. Fillmore respond- j 
ed as follows : 

Fellow citizens of Newburgh — Accept my ; 
cordial thanks for this hearty greeting. My ' 
friend has introduced me as the standard bearer t 
of the American party, and a friend of the Un- 
ion For the former position I am indebted to 
the partiality of my friends, who have without | 
my solicitation made me their standard bearer j 
in the contest for President, which has just I 
commenced ; but I confess to you that I am ] 
proud of the distinction, for I am an American, 
with an American heart. (Cheers.) I confess 
also I am a devoted and unalterable friend 
of the Union. As an American, occupying ihe 
position I do before my countrymen, I have no 
hostility to foreigners. I trust 1 am their friend. 
Having witnessed their deplorable condition in 
the old country, God forbid I should add to their 
sufferings by refusing them an asylum in this. 
I would open wide the gates and invite the op- 
pressed of every land to our happy country, ex 
eluding only the pauper and criminal. I would 
be tolerant to men of all creeds, but would ex- 
act from all faithful allegiance to our republican 
institutions. And if any sect or denomination, 
ostensibly organized for religious purposes, 
should use that organization, or suffer it to be 
used for political objects, 1 would meet it by po- 
litical opposition. In my view, Church and 
State should be separate, not only in form, but 
fact — religion and politics should not be min- 
gled. 

While I did this I would, for the sake of 
those who seek an asylum on our shores as well 
as for our own sake, declare as a general rule, 
that Americans should govern America. (Great 
cheering.) I regret to say that men who coine 
fresh from the monarchies of the old world are 
prepared neither by education, habits of thought, 
or knowledge of our institutions, to govern 
Americans. The failure of every attempt to 
establish free government in Europe, is demon- 
strative of this fact, and if we value the bless- 
ings which Providence has so bounteously show- 
ered upon us, it becoines every American to 
stand by the constitution and laws of his coun- 
try, and to resolve that, independent of all )or- 
eign influence, Americans will und shall rule 
America. (Cheers.) 

I feel, fellow-citizens, that I need hardly al- 
lude to the importance of maintaining this Un- 
ion. I sea the national flag floating from yon- 



der height which marks the consecrated spot of 
Washington's head quarters. There was per- 
formed an act of moral heroipai before which 
the bravest deeds of Alexander pale, and with 
which the greatest achievements of Bonaparte 
are not to be conipared. It was there, on that 
sacred spot, now shaded by the flag of a free Re- 
public, that Washington refused a crown. 
(Cheers.) It was there that the officers f>f the 
army, after our independence had been achieved, 
ma'le him the offer of a crown, which he indig- 
nantly spurned. I am sure I need not urge up- 
on you who live near this hallowed spot, and in 
sight of that tlag, the duty of observing in all 
your actions, the farewell advice of the father 
of his country, "that you should cherish a cor- 
dial, habitual and imrnovable attachment to the 
Union; accustoming 3'ourselves to think and 
speak of it as of the palladium of your politi- 
cal safety and prosperity, watching for its pre- 
servation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing 
whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it 
can in any event be abandoned; and indiguanfly 
frowning upon the first dawning of every at- 
tempt to alienate any portion of our country 
froni the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties that 
now link together the various parts.'' Again 
I thank you most sincerely for this unexpected 
and hearty welcome to my native State. 
(Cheers.) 

At Catskill, Hudson and Kinderliook. large 
crowds were assembled and salutes were ex- 
chansed, and cheer after cheer went up as the 
Alida passed with her distinguished passenger. 
At Greenbush opposite the steamboat landing 
at Albany, a salute was fired, which was rapidly 
returned from several points on the opposite 
side. Delegations were present in Albany from 
all quarters, having banners with suitable in- 
scriptions. 

THE RECEPTION -Vr ALBANY. 
Alter the Alida reached the dock it was for 
some time impossible, on account of the crowd, 
for Mr. Fillmore to make his way from the boat 
to the dock. As he stepped ashore he was greet- 
ed with deafening cheers. An opening was 
finally made through the dense croud, and Mr. 
t Fillmore passed through— cheered at every stej. 

to the carriage which stood ready to receive 

him. Mr. Fillmore entered the carriage, and as 
he rose to his feet in it, seen by the vast con- 
course there was a spontaneous outburst of 
cheering from the thousands who saw him. Mr. 
I Fillmore bowed in acknowledgment, and the 
I carriage was driven off. Other carriages for^the 
' N. Y. Committee who accompanied Mr. Fill- 
: more, were driven into the line, and the proces- 
, sion tinallv passed up to the Capitol. Along the 
i line of rriaich, the distinguished guest was 
' greeted with hearty welcomings. The windows 
; of the houses wore filled , with ladies waving 
; their liandkerLhiefs, and the sidewalks were 

crowded with men. 
; The procession entered the park with three 
I bands of music, and marching up to the staging 
' it formed into two lines, one on either side of 



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<h<» avenui?, leaving an open space for Mr. 
Fillmore to pass through. The carriaa^e in 
which he was seated was driven up into the 
park, when he alighted amid the cheers of the 
people. 

Ascending the platform, and appearing in 
view, he was a-iain cheered. The utmost en- 
thusiasm prevailed, which lasted many min- 
utes. 

When quiet was at length restored, x\Ir. Fill- 
more stepped forward with Maj'or Perry, when 
the latter addressed him in a speech of which 
we are unable, for lack of room, to <;ive more 
than the closing paragraph. After welrominii; 
the Ex-President to the city, and congratulatins^ 
him in behalf of the people of Albany on his 
safe return to his beloved country, Mayor Perry 
said: 

" During your absence it has been at once the 
pride and pleasure of the American people to 
present your name again as their choice for the 
high office of President of the United Stales, 
knowing that you sought not olfice for office. 
sake; knowing that no moan ambition con]d 
tempt you from the path of duty; the public 
mind stood in an.vious suspense until thej' re- 
ceived the welcome announcement of your 
acceptance of the honor they have delighted to 
confer upon you. And if -inyfhing could add to 
the pride and [)leasure wdh which we now wel- 
come you, it IS a knowledge of the fart that, if 
there be any. either at the North, or at the 
South, who desire an administration for the 
North as against the South, or for the South 
against the North, they are not the men who 
should give their support to you. Sir, we glory 
in the patriotic announcement you made when 
you landed on our s^hore, that if you should be 
the choice of the people for the Chief Magistra- 
cy of our united and beloved land, yon would 
know only your Country, your ichofe Country. 
and nothing but your Country. It is such a 
sentiment as this whicii will restore peace to 
our agitated land. Sir, we welcome you, as a 
man, with a warm heart, but chieflv because of 
those proofs we derive both from your past and 
present course that the same pure patrio«is:n 
you have ever manifested will continue to influ- 
enca you in the future in whatever position you 
may be placed. Mr. Fillmore — Again, sir, in 
behalf of the citizens of Albany, I bid you a 
hearty welcome to our ancient and iio lorable 
city, and to the Capitol of the Empire State." 

Treraenious cheering I'rom the crowd endors- 
ed the ieiiti.iieiJts so liijjpily expressed in the 
address of .Mayor Perry, and after their subsid- 
ence. Mr. Filhnore stepped forward to addresi 
the multitude. He was received with thunder- 
ing cheers, which lasted many minutes. At 
length he was permitted to speak, when he ad- 
dressed the multitude as follows: 

MU. VU.I-;,\0RK'.S KK.'iPONST;. 

Mr. Mayor and Fd'ow-Citizcn%: This over- 
whelming demonstration of congratulation and 
welcome almost deprives me of the power of 
speech. Here, nearly thirty years ago, I com- 
noenceJ my politic«d career. In this building I 



first saw a legislative body in session; (cheers) 
but at that time if never entered into the aspira- 
tions of my heart that I ever should receive such 
a welcome as this in the capital of my native 
State. (Cheers.) 

You have been pleased, sir, to allude to my 
fortner services and my probable course if I 
should again be called to the position of Chief 
Maginnite ot the nation. (.\pplause.) It is 
not pleasant to speak of one's stlf, yet I trust 
that the occasion will justify me in briefly al- 
luding to one or two events connected with my 
administration. (Cheers.) You all know that 
when I was called to the executive chair by a 
bereave.'ijeiu which shrouded the nation in 
mourning, that the country was unfortunately 
I agitated from one end to the other upon the all- 
! e.xcitingsiibject of slavery. It was then, sir, 
that I felt it my duty to rise above every sect- 
j ional prejudice, and look to the wellfare of the 
whole nation. (.\pplau5e.) I was compelled 
To acertain H.Ktent to overco.me long cherished 
prejudices, and disregard parly claims. (Great 
and prolonged applause.) But in doing this, 
sir, I did no more than was done by many abler 
and better men than myself. I was by no 
means the sole instrument, under Providence, 
in harmonizing these difficultie*. (Applausa.) 
There were at that time nob!.-, independent, 
high-suuled men in both Houses of Congress.' 
belonging to both the great political parties of 
ih'j country. — Whig.< and Democrats. — who 
spurned the diciation of selfish party leaders, 
and rallied around luy administration, in sup- 
port of the great measures which restored peace 
to an aj-'itated and distracted country. (Cheers ) 
Some of these have gone to their eternal rest, 
with the blessings of their country on their 
heads, but others yet survive, deserving the 
benediction and honors of a grateful people. 
By the blessings of divine Providence, our ef- 
forts were crowned with signal success, (cheers) 
and when I left the Presidential chair, the 
whole nation was prosperous and contented, 
and our relations with all foreign nations were 
of the niw-st a'liicable kind. (Cheers.) The 
idoud that had hung upon the horizon was dis- 
sipated. But where are we now? Alas! threat- 
: eiied at norne with civil war. and froiii abroad 
I with a rupture of our peaceful relations. I shall 
not seek to trace the causes of this change. 
These are the facts, and it is lor you to ponder 
upon Ihem. Of the present administration I 
have nothing to say, for I know and can appre- 
(late the diiii.-iiUies of administering this gov- 
fMnmont, and if the present e.xecutive and his 
. supporters have with good intentions and honest 
hearts made a mistake, J hope God may forgive 
; them, as 1 treely do; (loud and prolonged ap« 
' plause.) But if there be those who have brought 
! these calamities upon the country for selfish or 
I amhitiou.=! objects, it is your duty, fellow-citi- 
I zeiis. to hold them to a stj ict responsibility, 
i (Cheers.) 

i The agitation which disturbed the peace of 

the coMutry in 1S50, was unavoidable. It was 

brought upon us by the acquisition of new ter- 

' ritory, for the goveicment of which it was ne- 



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cessary to proviiie territorial organization. But 
it is for you to say whether the present ajita- 
tion, which distracti the <ountry ami threatens 
lis with civil war, has not been recklessly and 
wantonly ptoduced by the adoption oi a mea- 
■ure to aid iu personal advancement rather than 
in any public good. (Cheers.) 

Sir, you have been pleased to say that I hive 
the union of these States at heart. This, *ir, is 
nnojt true, for if there bo one object dearer to 
me than any other, it is the unity, prosperity, 
and glory of this great Republic; and I con- 
fess frankly, fir, that I feir it is in dancer. I 
•ay nothing of any jiarticular section, inuih le«i 
of the several canditlates before the peojde. I 
presume they are all honorable men. But. sir, 
what do we see.' An exasperated feeling; b*» 
iween the North and the South, on the n<o»t ex- 
citing of all topics, resultinif tn bloodaheil and 
organized military array. 

But this is not all, sir. We gee a political 
party, presenting candidates tor the PrrsiJeticy 
and Vice I'resi<lency, selected for th- fir«t tiii;e 
from the Iree States alone, with the avowed pur- 
pose of electing these nndidates by sntfrajjes of 
one part of the Union only, to rule over the 
whole United States. Caii it be possible that 
those who nre engaged in such a measure ran 
have seriously retlecfti upon the conie<jMences 
which mu^i inevitatdy follow, in case ot sue- 
oessT (Cheers.) Can they have tfie madness 
or the folly to believe that our Southern breth- 
ren would submit to hf jjoverneU by snrh a 
Chief Magistrate* (Cheerv) W«.uld he be 
required to follow the same rule prescribed by 
those who elected him, in n.aking his appomt- 
rrents* If a man living south of Mason and 
Dixon's line be not worthy to be Presi.l^nt or 
Vice President, would it be proper to select one 
from the satne fjuarter, as one of his Cabinet 
Council, or to represent the nation in a f.>reign 
country? Or, indeed, to collect the revenue, or 
adtninistcr the laws of the United States' ' If 
not, what new rule is the President to arlopt in 
selecting men lor office, that the i>eople theni- 
•elves discard in selecting him* These are se- 
rious, but practical (juestions, and in order to 
appreciate them fully, it is only necessary to 
tarn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose that 
the South, havine a ma|ority of :he elector*! 
votes, should declare that they woul.l only have 
slaveholders for President and Vice Presiiient 
and should elect such by their exclusive suf- 
frages to rule over ns at the North. Do yon 
think we would submit to it. No. not for a 
moment. (Applause.) And do you b»lieve 
that your Southern brethren are le«g sensitive 
on this subject than you arc, or less jealous of 
their rights? (Tremendous cheering.) If you 
do, let me tell you that you are mistaken. And, 
therefore, you must se,? that if thi<t sec lona'l 
party succeeds, it leads mevitablv to the ,1... 
•traction of this beautiful (abrir reared by our 
forefathers, cemented by their bloo<l, and be- 
queathed to us as a prireJess inheritance. 

I tell you, my friends, lh.it ( feel deeply, and 
th«refort 1 speak «arn*slly on Uua subject. 



(cries of "you're right!") for I feel that you 
are in danger. I am determined to make a 
eleiin bieatt ot it 1 will wash my hands of the 
con«e<pience^. whatever they may be; and I tell 
you that we are treading upon the brink of a 
volcano, that is liable at any moment to burst 
forth and overwhelm the nation. I might, by 
soft words, inspiie deluiive hopes, auJ thereby 
win votes. Hut I can never consent to If one 
thing to the North and another to the St^uih 
I should despise niyself, if I cuuld be guilty of 
aiich duplicity. For my coiucienc« would ex- 
claim, with the dramatic poet, 



In the lanKua^e of the lamented, but immoi- 
tal Clay •• I had mther >w right than be Presi- 
dent!" 

It seen-s to m« impoasible that tboss engaged 
in this can have contemplatetl the awful ronse- 
i)uencei of sur.esa. If it breaks jtui.der the 
Ivinds «f our Union, and spreaiU aujrchy and 
civil war thrmigh th« land, what is it less than 
moral lieason' 'Cries of "nothing — nothing 
leas!"! Law and common sensa hold a man 
respontible for tha natural consequence of hit 
arts. an>l must not those «ho»« actt tend to th* 
destruction of the government, be equally held 
PespoOJible? (Criet of " ^■"l 

.\n i let ine also add, f i« Umon is 

diasolved, It will not bed,. . . ; .\ o Repub- 
lic*, or two monarchies, but be bioken ii.to (rag - 
menta. and at war with each other. ^ Sensation ) 

But, fellow-cttizens, I have, p«rbapa, said all 
that >*'aa nerensary on ibis Bubje<-t — (cries of 
" go on ! gn on '") — and 1 turn with pleasure to 
a less important hut more agreeable topic. It 
has be^n my fortune during my travels in Eu- 
rope, to witness the reception of royalty, in all 
the potup anil splendor of military array, where 
the mutic was given to order and the rheers at 
t)ie word of <o i -nanil. But for mys'U. I priaa 
thebone»i. *|>ontaneouB throb — fgieat cheeriofl 
— of alfei-tiun wi'h which yoa hava welcomed 
m# back to mr native State — (renewed cheer- 
ing) — above all the pageants which royalty can 
displiy. (Ch^rs I Therefore, with a bean 
overflowing with grateful emotions I return you 
a tboovind thanks, and hi<l you a<iieu. 

As Mr. Fillmore concluded, the rast mvjltitu«l« 
raited their voica m repetteil rheers, waving 
their hats and handkerchiefs, making all po>sibla 
enthusiastic derronslrationi, which wcr« roo- 
tinoed soTe minutes. 

Mr. Fillicore then stepped back, and raceivcd 
tba eong rat 11 tat ions and welcomings of a large 
number oi citiieiu of All>any arni other cities. 

rimt. r>AT. 

On Friday morning Mr Fillirwrt was engaged 
in receiving calls ffoti citireos and str»r.<r'-.-s. 
among whom were the Judge* nf the Court of 
App^*l». At .1 quarter to I 1 .\. M.. Mr. Fill- 
more left on the train for Schroectady, acrom- 
pat led by a delectation from that eity, huadad 
Wy Major Saitb. 



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On arririnj at this citr, a lanje ^atlierinff of 
citizens were assembled to greet Mr. Fillmore, 

Mr. Fillmore havin? been introduced by Ma- 
yor Smith to his fellowr citizens, he briedy ad- 
dressed thcTi froTi the cars; and on the conclii- 
•ion of his remarks, he was aj;ain freotel by 
hearty and repeated cheers, and the train pro- 
ceeded on iti way. 



Here a large crowd had atsembled, to whom 
Mr. Fillriiore was intro iuced by S. Sammons, 
Esq.. of that viilj»e, wh»re three cheers were 
given with a hearty will, when Mr. Fillmore 
was introduced to s'^veral friends, an I a number 
of ladies. A bouquet was hanr'ed to Mr. Fill- 
more by a little girl, with a card attached, on 
which was written "Lilly Sammons tn Hon. 
Millard Fillmore." At the cars moved otT, he 
was warmly cheered. 

LITTLr r.\LL.S. 

The people were here gathered in large num- 
bers, awaiting the arrival of the train. A aa- 
lule wai fired on its approach. Mr. Fillmore 
yr%s intro«iiiced, and in response to their hearty 
cheers, returned bis cordial thanks for the hon- 
or. He said that he hfwl a number of personal 
fri«ndt in their beautiful vilU^e, ths name of 
which he understood had been change<l. 

A voice — "It'a been changed back." 

Well, if is right, aaid Mr. Fillmore, to return 
to first principU's. It is good for the country 
to adhere to old landmarks. (Cheer« ) He had ' 
been informed that there was a gocl sprinkling 
of Americinism in that aection. an<l he was glad 
that it w.is so. He' was himself an American, 
and he was proud of it. It gratified him to see ; 
so many young men around him, and engaged ' 
in the American c.iu«e. He hoped they would i 
persevere in it. He would say th.it he deemed . 
it best and wisest, that while America i« and ' 
•hould l)e an asylum for the oppressed of all 
lands, Americans should govern America. Th»*se, 
•aid Mr. Fillmore. ar» my tentimenU, and I 
trust they areyonrs. i 

A pleasant incident occurred just before Mr. 
Fillmore com nenced speaking. Three beauti- 
ful girls, about 12 year? of ag^. each presented | 
to him abeautil'il bouquet of flowers, which Mr, 
F. accepted with many thanks. 

tTIC.\. 

A committee from Utica came on the cars at 
Fonda. On the arrival of lh<> train at the Uiiea 
depot, a large crowd in. mediately surrounded 
the car, and on th"* appearance of Mr. Fillmore 
on the platforii, be was receive 1 with immense 
cheering. .M. .M. Jones, Es<i., addressed Mr. , 
Fillmore as follows: 

President Fillmore; In behalf of the party 
which has chosen you as it* s'andard bearer, 
and in behalf of the citiz»«ns of Utica, without 
distinction of party — I welcome you to oar 
midtt. We are glad that a kind Providence i 
has To^chsafeil to guard and shield your health 
and person during your long absence from, and 
• uie nstarn to your oaliv* land. We doubt 



not that your observations of the governments 
and people? of the old world have tended only 
to confirm and strengthen your love and fi elity 
fo our (ren Constitution, and the institutions 
that havf grown up under its genial influence. 
The various stand-points from which you have 
looked back upon our Union, have enabled you 
to judge correctly of its influence and standLinf 
among the nations. But it is this Union un- 
broken — not in fragments — whose influence is 
felt and acknowledged by all nations and races 
of men. So f.\r as the hopes of the oppressed 
of the oM world, or the principles of popular 
liberty are conc«rned, the fragments of this 
Union whenever dis-^olved will be found power- 
less for jfood but omnipotent for evil. 

Familiar with your sentiments and acts, cor- 
dially fellowshipping the principles upon which 
your administration of our National and State 
governments have been based, we have hope- 
fully looked for your return; and with thes« 
sentiments allow me. sir, again lo welcome you 
to our midst, 

Mr. Fillmore in response said that he was 
quite unprepared for this flatl<^ring demonstra- 
tion, an I the very flattering manner in which he 
had been addressel. It had been well remark- 
ed, he said, that his recent travels abroad had 
aflTorded him an opportunity of comparing the 
countries of the old world with his own. He 
alludeil to the condition of Europe — to the fact 
that standing artr.ies were required to protect 
them from each other, arid thai the men were 
drafted into the army, while the women were 
compelled to perform fcrvile labor. The position 
of our country commands the respect of the 
world, and h** had been pained to note the dis- 
cord that threatened its e.xistence. If the time 
should ever come, which God forbid, when the 
American Republic shall be rent asunder and 
broken into fragments, he did not know where 
the world would look for another government 
which would be esteemed as the asylum of the 
oppressed. Mr. Fillmore said he knew it waa 
not necessary that he should exhort the people 
of Central New York to be vigilant in guarding 
their liberties and protecting the Constitution. 
He knew they would do it. He was proud that 
he was a New Yorker, and prouder still that he 
was an American citizen. He said that he re- 
gard-id Utica with peculiar interest. He could 
dlmost look upon the building where he had 
reafi his first diploma in his profession. It was 
ihen to him a prouder day than it would novsr 
be to be made President of the United States, 
although he regarded that as the most exalted 
position on earth. 

He said he knew well the virtue, intelligence 
and industry of those he addressed, and he 
should never cease to feel a peculiar regard for 
their citv. Thanking them for the warm man- 
ner in which they had welcomed him, Mr. Fill- 
more retired amidst vociferous cheering. 

A salute of fifty gun.s was fired, and the pop- 
ulation generally seemed to participate io the 
generous welcome. 



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HOME. 

Rome was soon reached, and here as elsewhere 
the people had as8emb'i«»d in th(>u,ands to tjivet 
Mr. Filltr.ore. Ashe appeared upon the plat- 
form, he was greeted in «he warmfst manner, 
while a cannon stationed near by thundered 
forth his hoarse welcoi:if;. He thank'>d liis 
friends for their generous rereption, and said 
ihat if anything coiilt! add io the pleasure he 
felt, it was this manifestation of their reeard. 
A short time sinre he wa^ at Rome, in Italy, 
and saw the Pope, but h<' had not bero'iK* a R'^- 
man Catholic — far from it. lie had retoriir».1 
to his country, lovin? it all the more for having 
compared it witli Europe, and f<lt no dispooilinn 
to leave it a^ain. You should l)e thankful, said 
he, that you live in thi^ free and happy land. 
Guard well your institutions, and l>« ever w.ifh- 
ful against any attempt to divide or destroy 
your country Mr. Fillmore again thanked ihe 
citizens for the honor tht'v had done hi'u He 
was repeatedly interrupted by cheers. 

Mr. Fiilniorc then retired, and as the cars ' 
moved olT, he was loudly cheered. 

SYKACLSE. 

Greatly beyond experiation, Mr. Fillmore't , 
reception was war'Ti and rmrtictpated in by 
thousands. Capt. Walworth's nne company of 
Continentals, with a baud of music, were drawn 
up adjacent to the depot, where several thousand 
people were con.'regat.>d We under.^tand that , 
ei^ht fire companies ol tl.e city joine<l in a pro- 
session which the niilit.uy had escorted to th« 
depot. 

Mr. Fillmore was iniro-luced lro>n the plat- 
form of the car. by Col. R. F. Stevins. nj foU 
lows : 

Mr. Fm.lmohf— I am happy, sir, in brhalf 
of the citi7.eii.= of Syrai use, to welcome you ni 
our city, and coiigratiilate you on your safe re- 
turn to your iiatii'e Iwnd. In yoii wt reco»i.i/e 
the ripe scholar, the trie<l statek-uan, the raiih- 
ful represei.taiivr, ihe firm e.xecntive. At home 
you have secured a firm hold upf>n th- heart- of 
your countrymen. Abroad you have trained the 
esteem of forei^jn nations. Your A-iietican heart 
can not but beat with reneund vigor, aj you v.m 
again through thi.s nol>!e state, ard w\t \oiir 
place of residence, where thouMinls will ^-r-et 
your arrival, ii<n as partisans, but as riuz^i\< of 
this glorious Rt^public. You see before you t 
company, whose every metubcr cm be trace! to 
Revolutionary sire8,—whosedeli:;ht it is to b^at 
the arms of their country accoutred in imitation 
of him who was the first in the hi-art* of his 
countrymen. This company of .•itizeu «f>V!ien» 
desire to act as your escort in your onv.;ir.l pas- 
sage to your westward home, and I now present 
them to you in th-ir behalt". 

Mr. Fillmore replied by saying, that this wel- 
come by the citizens of Syracuse to his native 
state and almost to his native county was alto, 
gather unexpected, and it added greatly to the 
pleasure which he felt on returning. While 
abroad he had seen much of sol liersand military 
display, but they were in tumie* compo«J of 



the oppressed people — not to protect their rights 
but to keep down freedom. He was gla I lo h«*e 
the citizen soldiers before him had adopted 
the name and assumed the style of Washington. 
It was evidence that they revered the Father of 
our country, and he hoped that they would never 
fortret the counsels which he left behind bini. 
ami that they never would becalied into service 
but in defence of the principle upon which our 
government was formed (cheers) .Mr Fillmore 
then retired inside. M-here he rereived the roii- 
gratulations of friends, who in great nutiiben 
crowHr-d in and around the car. 

CI.TDE. 
There was no display here, although a Urge 
number of citizens gaibere.l it» p»v their res- 
pects, ai»4l gave three cheers to Mr. Fillmore. 
I'ALMTRA. 
A> the train approacbe<l, a salute was firrt<, 
and on coming up. a Urge gatherin? of people 
was found in readiness to welcome .\Tr. Fiil i !•• 
' snd pletlge him. their support Their ci---:- 
I were manv and h<*arty. Mr. Fill-nore aai l ti- . 
! was too nuch exhausted to say more than sioiply [ 
I to return his wnrntest thanks to his frien Is and * 

neighbors. He whs glad to sre them all, an'l 
I especially gratified lo witness so many honest 
American faces. (Vociferous cheering amid 
which .^I^ Fillmore withdrew ) The enthusi. 
asm manifested here was unmistakable. 
RoriiKSTrK. 

The arrangements for receiving .Mr, Fillmore 
, here were entirely of an improuiptu character. 
It was not known bef.»r>: that muriiing, when 
Mr. Fill more would arrive, and tittle more than 
u mere notice of the fa*i could be given. The 
result ha* demonstrated anew what had b<>en at 
least a ilo/.en iirT.es before during the day de- 
iii'ii.stra't I. na'ii-ly: that the mr-re announce- 
ment ol Mr Pi' '-- presence was sufficient 
to e\\\ the pco; . as no man has done 

since H Dry (' .i lys. 

.\s the train iirare>i the city, the discharge 
, of .Trtillory was heani, and on arri\ing at the 
depot, the co.nmittee \* ho cami- abo^ird ut Pal- 
myra, conducted .Mr. Fillmore to a carriage. 
A pro.-<.»»i ja was fonneJ headed by the Syra- 
''iis* Coiitineiiials and Iran I, and procee<led to 
■ the Ei^lc Hotel. A fine ban I was station- ' '• 
' the Eagle balcony, and the crowd Ihat fo' 
.Mr. Fillr'.ore Iron the de;x); took its »!a' 
front and continued to increase. On a l>. 
in front of tlio Eagle and on twoextende.l .. <^ 
! the street, were inscribed appropriate luottiet 
Shortly after ••ight o'clock ."^Ir Fillinore appear- 
ed on the balcony of the Eagle, and was ai' 
liret-sed by Roswell Hart, Esq., as follows. 

Mr. Fillmore — I am honoieJ by the cjtitens 

of Rochester with the oflfico of tendering to you 

I in their behalf, their hQspit.iliiies and cordial 

welcome. We .ir<' cathered to accord to you on 

j your return from the old world to your native 

I land, that n.eed of ajiplaute which is due from 

' patriotic citizens to a public servant, who ia 

all trusts committed to hi n his acquitted him- 

•elf wtth honor aad bdelity, aod with etjual 



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justice to the rights of all. Especially, on this 
occasion, yoii are enhanced in our regard, when 
returning from your sojourn in other lamN, 
where obedience to the laws is enforced at the 
point of the bayonet, or amid the ruins of de- 
parted glory, where liberty lias had shrines, but 
now has no more, the lustre of your merit has 
ever shone conspicuoup — in all your wanderinijs 
our heart and our pride went hand iahand with 
you; wherever your footsteps turned yi^u have 
borne in your person noble testimony to the 
simpiicitv, beauty and power <if out American 
insti'utions. To potentate and peasant we glo- 
ried inpresentingyou as our true American type 
and representative. 

Il wad your fortune Hurin? the memorable 
term of your administration of th" covern'nent 
to witness, and in a irreat measure to contribute 
to what at the time was regarded as a settle- ' 
ment of a dangerous and exciting ipiestion. ITou 
retired from ortice with the (serene convirtjon '' 
that civil striie was suMued. the storms of p;m. 
«ion cleared away, the w.ives of agitation sub- 
sided, and the ship of state careerin? awav with 
»W(>llin» sail from the breakers which ra? "d for 
its destruction. The voice of discord was hushed, 
and citizens of our confe<leracy. whether from i 
South or North, again dwelt together like breth- 
ren in unity. \ot a speck loomed upon the 
horizon to foreshadow alarm. Peace and fra- 
ternal good will possessed the land from the 
Atlantic shores to the golden gates of the Pa- 
cific But. alas! with what anxious concern 
must you now conte nplafe our condition upon 
your return to your beloved country. How sad 
is the change. 

Yuu come to behold a people you had left 
tranquil and at peace, now rent by dissension, 
and the glorious Union in jeopardy; solemn' 
compacts violated and annulled, and ancient 
landmarks ruthlessly torn away; yet justified 
anil applauded bv a numerous partv. .\s.iin 
are the baneful fires oi sectional auitatiin re- 
kindled with er-ater fury than before. Vou 
come to behold the anomaly of a new political 
organization claiminsr to be under the Constitu- 
tion, yet proclaiaiinH: itself sectional in i's aims 
and purposes, The memories of the lion-hearte.l 
Webs'er. with godlike power dealin? his M-uvs 
for the Constitution; of the clarion-voiced Clay, 
pleadinsr in burninj accents for the miintenance 
of the Union; the earlier paTiots who witii 
voice and arm secured to us o'lr precious legaf-v 
of constitutional freedom — all are lost in the 
wild hunt for motives of contf'st in political 
strife. The press and the forum appealing with 
intractable temper to the passions and prejudices 
of men, and seekinu with reckless ardor to array 
one section of the Union against the other, to the 
uitcr disruption of th.it fraternal concord which 
should bind us together ns a people, so that the 
time Tiiay not be far distant when we may be- 
come a mere nation of Ishrraelites, forgetting 
that we are heirs of a glorious common inherit- 
ance, hilloweil as much to us by the memories 
of a Marion or a Siimpter, of a Jeffer.'on or a 
Madison, of a Warren or a Stark, or of a Han- 
cock or Adams. 



In this distracted condition of our country, 
patriotic men ha«B turned their hopes toward 
you, as the Palinurus to guide the bark of our 
destinies lVo?n the perils by which it is encom- 
passed. In your patriotism and fidelity to the 
Union, in your sound conservative statesmanship, 
we place our reliance. The history ol the past 
gives us the assurance that you will preserve to 
us and perpetuate that liberty which is obedient 
to law, and restrain on the one hand that ramp- 
ant ra<licalism which would overturn the fair 
fabric of our republic, and on the other hold 
fast to the sacred land-marks of our forefathers. 

Uniler the benign inliuence of your adminis- 
tration, we have an abiding confidence that this 
brotherhood of States will be more closely knit 
together in londs of fellowship — that all heart 
burninsr* will cease, passions be allayed, and as 
in our domestic relations we shall be as we have 
been in the past, one glorious people, so in our 
relations with other powers we shall command 
the respert and admiration of the nations of the 
earth. 

Aeain, sir, be pieased fo 2ccept our heartfelt 
congratulations that you ore restored to us in 
health, and with your enlarged and valuable 
experiences, with the cordial wish that our fond 
desires may be gratified in your elevation to 
the high position for whi::h you ha%-e been 
nominated. 

Mr. Fillmore then came forward and address- 
ed th* people. 

Alter returning his thanks for the manner in 
which he had been received, and for the flattering 
terms in which the Chairman had been pleased 
to speak of his administration, Mr. Fillmore 
said that he had no reason to disguise his senti- 
ments on the subject of the Repeal of the Mis- 
souri Compromise, which seemed to be the chief 
source of the unfortunate agitation that now 
disturbed the peace of the country. He said 
that it would be recollected, that when he came 
into the Administration, the country was agi- 
tated from centre to circumference with the ex- 
citing subject of slavery. This question was 
then forcd upon the country by the acquisition 
of new territorv; and he feared that the elo- 
quent address of the Chairman had given him 
more credit for the settlement of that question 
than he was entitled to — not more, however, 
th.^n he would have deserved, had his power 
equaled his desires. Rut the truth was, that 
many noble patriots, Whigs and Democrats, in 
both Houses of Congress, rallied around and sus- 
tained the rtdmi^.istraiion in that trying time, 
and to them was chiefly due the merit of settling 
that exciting controversy. Those measures, 
usually calle.' the Compromise Measures of 1850, 
were not in all respects what I could have 
I desired, but they were the best that could be 
obtained, after a protracted di-scussion, that 
shook the repuhlic to its very foundation, and I 
1 felt bound to give them my official approval. 
' Not only this, but perceiving there was a dis- 
j position to renew the agitation at the next ses- 
I si«in. F took the responsibility of declaring, in 
' substance, in my annual message, that I re- 
' gMtied tbete measures as a *^ final vettlement of 



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this question, and that the laws thus pasted ' 
ought to be maintained untilitime and experi- 
encc should dennonstrate tiie necessity of moli* 
Ccalion or repeal." 

I then thought that this exritintj subject was 
at rest, and that there would be no lurlherocca- ^ 
eion to intnxluce it into the lesislaiiun of Con- 
gress. Territorial governments had been pro- 
vided for all the territory except that covered 
by the Missouri Compromise, and I had no sut- 
picion that that was to bedi.^turbed. I have do 
hesitation in sayiu*. what most of you know 
already, that I was decidedly opposed to the 
repeal of that Co-npromise. Good laith, as 
well as the peace of the country, 8»»emed to r-- 
quire, that a compromist' which had 6too<i for 
more than thirty years should not be wantonly 
disturbed. These were my sentiments then, 
fully and freely expressed, verl»ally and in 
writinjr, to all my friends, North and South, 
who solicited my opinion. This repeal seems 
to have been a Pandom's box, out of which have 
issued all ihe political evils that itow jfllii-t the 
country, scarcely leaving a ho|)e behitKl. and 
many, I perceive, are ready to impute all the 
blame to our Southern brethren. But is this 
just? (No, no.) Ii must l)e borne in mind ihsl 
this measure originated with a Norihr.Tn Sena- 
tor, and was «ustained and sanotioried by a 
Northern President. I do not rf<-ollect that 
even a single petition from a Southern State 
solicited this repeal , arx) it must l>e reiii^inhered 
that when a .Northern adtniniff ration, wi'h 
large numbers of Nonhern «enators and N'orih- 
ern members, offered the Southern States a boon. 
Southern members of Congress could not. if 
ihey would, safely refuse it. To refuse what 
seemed a boon, woulil have l»e«n to sacrifice , 
themselves, and this is certainlv expectirg too 
much from political nieu in times like these. 
The blame, therefore, it appears lo me, with all 
due deference, i? chiefly chargeable to thosr 
who originated this measure, and however w^ 
may deplore the act, it atfoids no just eround 

for controversy with our Southern hrethrrn 

certainly none for which they should W deprived 
of their political rights But, we now s*-^ a 
party organized in the North, and for the first 
time selecting its candidates exclusively from 
the Northern States, with the avowed intention 
of electing them, to toveru x\u- South as well as 
the North. By what rule is a Pr»»fid»»nr. thus 
elected, to' select a cabinet-co'incil. his forei-rn 
ministers, judges and admiri'Stra'ive oftjcrrs? 
Are they also to be selected p,xcliisjv»*ly from 
the North' — or may you take a cabinet officer 
from the South, though vou can not a Pre«id#Tt 
or a Vice-President? These, in practice, as I 
have said on another occasion, must become em- 
barrassing questions. The .N'ortli is. beyond all 
question, the n.ost populous, the mo't wealthv. 
and has the rr.ost votes, and therefore has the 
power to inflict this injustice upon the South. 
But we can best judge of its con-'eqoences by re- j 
versing the ca.«ie. Suppose that the South'was I 
the roost populfms, the most wealthy, ard po«- | 
sested the greatest number of elpdoral votes and I 
UlAt it slKMiki declare that, for soom l«Aciad or ' 



real injustice done at the North, it would elect 
none but a President and Vice-President of 
slaveholders from the S-outh lo rule over the 
North. Do you think, fellow-citizeni, you 
would submit to this injustice.' (No, no.) No, 
truly, you would not; but one universal cry of 
No would rend the »kiesl And can you sup- 
pose your e>outheru brethren less setisitivu than 
yourselves, or less jealous of their rights? If 
you do, let nie tell you that you are mistaken — 
and you must therefore perceive that il.e sue- 
cejs of such a party, with such an ot^ject, 
must l^ the dissolution of this glorious Un- 
ion. I am unwilling to believe that those 
who are engaged in this strife can fore- 
see the consequences of their own acts. — 
Why should not the eolden rule which our 
Saviour has pretcnbed for our intercourse wiih 
each other, be app'iel to the intTCOurse be- 
tween these Irateinal Stalei>^ Let us do unto 
them as w would that they should do unto us 
ill like fiicuirstaiicrs. They are our brethren, 
they are our friends, an 1 wo «!.• all embarlc^d 
in the sa-iie hhio »n i <• »he lounders in conse- 
quence of the mer>t of the crew, we 
must all go d<>^^ I . this Union must be 
torn asunder, this beauiilul fabric, reared by the 
haiiils of our ance«turs, mutt he scattered in 
friigirents, and tbe people, in the lang'iage of 
the elo«pient ud'ress of your Chairman, be con- 
vertett into « nntiou o( IsbriMelites. I can rot 
contemplate such a seme without horror, and I 
turn Irom it with loathin; an I disgust. 

1 tear that votir Chairman anticipetes l«>o 
much, when he supfioses it would be in my 
power, it rlrcted to the Presidency, to restoie 
harmony to the country. All I csn say is, that 
ip such an event I should be willing to make 
every s.f rilW. f »r*onal and political, to attain 
so debiral t But 1 can ne^•>r content 

to be the I one port on of this nation 

an Bgniii^i iiir. r.er. 1 ran gi\ e no pledfe for 
the future that is not found in my past conduct. 
It yuu wish a Chief Mjgixtrate to adminiiter 
the Constitution and laws impartially in every 
part of (he Union, giving lo every Slate and 
every Territory, and every citizen, his just due. 
without fear or tavor. then you niav east your 
votes for me. I repeat here, what I have said 
elsewhere, if there be ihofe at the North who 
wani a President to rule the South — if there be 
'h««»c at the ,*i.>uth who want a Pre»i:lent who 
will rule the .North — I do not want their vptet 
I ran never represent them I stand upf^n -i.e 
broad platformol th>; Constitution and the lav. i. 
If I should be ratletl npon to administer the 
KovernTenl, the Constitu'.ion and laws of the 
country shall be executed, at every harard and 
at every cost. 

SI.^TIt PAY. 

Leaving Rochester .Mr. Villmore was escorted 

by the Syracuse Continentals, and a large con- 
course of citizen*. He was tsW<»n in rhiirge at 
the cars by n committee of the citirers of I»ck. 
port. As the train passed through the snhurhs 
of the city, the workmen came from the shop* 
and foun<lries. and cheered the car m whrh .Mr 
FiUnwrc was suaied, with be&iiy |oad>»u.. 



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Laborers in the field stopped to cheer homeward ' 
the faithful public servant, and true man. 

BKOCKPORT. 
The stop was only for a single moment. As 
ujual a large rrowJ had collected. To their 
cheers, Mr. Fillmore could do no more than bow 
his acknowledgments. 

ALBION. 

The wboltt com;iiunity of this beautiful vil- 
lage, and of the surrounding country, appeared 
to have congregated at the depot. A salute was 
fired, and (lags waved in the breez'?. A plat- 
form had been prepared, and as soon as the train 
s'opped, Mr. Fillmore stepped forward, and 
when the rhoering had subsided, he was ad- 
dressi^d by John H. White. Esq., as follows: 

Mr. FiLI.Mokk — As the represenlativeof the 
Americans of Albion and of Orleans county. I 
congratulate you on your safe return to your na- 
tive country, and to Western New York, the 
horr.e of your childhood, as well as your malur- 
er years, and on iheir behalf I bid you a hearty, 
cordial welcome. We welcome you not only as 
citizens of the Comirionwcalth, b.Jt as Ameri- 
cans, neighbors an<l pergonal Iriend" — for we 
claim to be all of these. It is a gratifying re- 
flection to us, that here, in Orleans county, the 
first action was had which resulle»l in your ele- 
vation to the highest office in tlic gift of the peo- 
ple of these United States. We had the utmost 
confidence in your ability, intei;rily and patriot- 
ism, and although we watche*! narrowly your 
course during your occupancy of the Presiden- 
tial Chair, we found nothing therein to con- 
demn, but, on the contrary, that confidence was 
strengthened and revived — and we trust. Sir, 
that the action of the electors of this county in 
November next, will convince you that that 
confidence still reir.ains undiminished. Again, 
I bid you welcome. Fei low-citizens— I have 
'he honor to introduce to you the Hon. Millard 
Fillmore, the next President of the United 
States. 

Mr. Fillmore returned his acknowledgments 
and said that there were peculiar relations ex- 
isting between him and his fiiends in that t>eau- 
tiful village. It was they, more than ten years 
ago, who first coupled his na-ne with the high- 
est otfue in the land. He never had. and never 
Rh.)nld cease to remember the fact with peculiar 
gratification and pride. In reference to the con- 
fidence which they had been phased to express 
in him now, as well as the satisfaction with 
which they regarded his acts while administer- 
ing the affairs of the government, he would say 
that when he entere<l upon the discharge of the 
high duties of Pre.«iderit, he found the country 
convulsed on the exciting topic of slavery. A 
series ot measures calculated to restore peace — 
yet not in all respects what he «ould have been 
glad to have seen passed by Congress — were 
enacted, and he lelt it his solemn duty to give 
th»»m his sanction. It was not by the influence 
of any cne man, or of any one party, that those 
healing measures were carried through; it was 
by tbe aid of oalional tneu and coowrvfttives of 



all parties — of Whigs and Democrats — that the 
country was again restored to peace, and to 
them equally belonged the credit. He then 
fully hoped that peace would not be disturbed. 
Rut on his return to his country, he found it 
convulsed again, and threatened with the direst 
consequence*, through th'' repeal of those mea- 
sures, and the breaking down of a co npromise 
that hatfcost so much labor and anxiety. 

Mr. Fillimre sail it had been truly remarked 
that while abroad, he hat had tlie opportunity 
to compare other ccnntries with his own; and 
he could say that nowhere did he find a country 
that could compare with Western New York, 
with your own Orleans County. Nowhere else 
is there so much intelligence, so much virtue, so 
much industry — so much solid prosperity as 
here. He had seen much of Italy, where a 
Priesthood denied the people Liberty and the 
Bible— where they were lowered and crushed 
beneath a despotism that was strongest where 
the people were least educated. Be thankful, 
therefore, my friends, said Mr. Fillmore, that 
you are perniittcd to live in this happy land; 
and he vigilant^-ever watchful — that internal 
dissensions, or misgovernmcnts, do not divide 
vou into fragments and destroy your prosperity. 

Again thanking his friends for the greeting, 
Mr. Filhnore withdrew amid great cheering. 
His remarks were repeatedly and warmly 
cheered. Quite a large company came m iha 
cars from Lockport. They had a fine banner, 
on one side of which were the portraits of Fill- 
more and Donelson, and on the other. "Beware 
of Foreign Inlluence." The train left amid 
thunders of applause, and the booming of can- 
non. 

MEDINA. 

Mr. Fillmore was fast retiching his home. 
He had already reached the heart of the people 
that knew him best, and loved him most truly; 
con.sequcntly, it was not altogether stranije that 
they should turn out en masie to greet him. 
Here a national salute was fired. Banners were 
displayed, and tlags floateil in the breeze, music 
sent forth inspiring strains, guns fired, and an 
expresjion of general joy attested the sentiments 
of the great concourse of people who had as- 
sembled. Mr. Fillmore was introduced by Mr. 
Wm. Jackson, in some well chosen words, and 
he replied briefly in one of those neat speeches 
which he so well knows how to make. The 
air was rent with cheers, amid which the train 
moved off. 

PKOCEEDINGS AT LOCKPORT. 

Th"* citizens of Niagara county ajisembled in 
large numbers in Lockport at an early hour in 
the morning to welcome the Kx-Piesident on 
hi? wav home. An iiimiense cioud was in at- 
tendance from an early hour. 

When the procession reached the hotel, aline 
was formed by the military, and Mr. Fillmore 
passed into the hotel and soon appeared on the 
balcony, led forward by Uov. Hunt. Three 
loud cheers were immediately given for the Ex- 
PreMdcat . As auoo aa quiet was restored , Go r . 



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Hunt welcomed Mr. Fillmore in the followinfr 
speech: 

ADDRESS OF GOV. HUNT. 
iSir — I have boon req'lP5^'•'^ by a large an ! re- 
uppctablp portion of my fellow townsmen of va- 
rious political s»ntimcnt!«. to express to you the 
sincere <rrat.ification it afTinl^ them to see yon 
once more in their midst. Th'"y desire me to 
lender to yo\i in their name a cordial wdcftme, 
■and to cnngratnlate von on your safe return to 
your native land. While they recoffiiir.e in vou 
an eminent citizen, who has attained rhff hi^'jest 
distinction by virtue of inletjrity, ability and 
honest zeal in the serx'ice of the country , ih'v 
fff^l a just pride in tho^^e fref instifu'ioris which 
develop manly energies, and constitute tii*»rit 
and patriotism the true passport to public hon- 
ors (Applause.) It has been yonr lot to liear 
a conspicuous part in our national history, and 
to act upon important measures which have ex- 
cited deep interest, and produced grave c>rrtict^ 
of opinion. (Loud applausp.) These diffVr- 
ences ouijht not, and amon? liberal r»'rt>-'"tin£f 
minds ihey surely will not. b»» permitted to 
weaken the !:euiimptits of respect so justly due 
to your public character and private virtu***. 
(Lou I chetTs.) If by soiie heilinw niiracl>« the 
disturbing: questions which have proved «o fruit- 
ful of domestic strife, could to-dav be termina- 
ted by restoring the basis established during 
your administration of the tjovernment — if all 
the evils eu^en lered by th'* subsequf^iit depart- 
ture from that policy potild now b<* blotteH out 
for ever from our history, no one can doubt that 
a lars;e majority of the American people of all 
parties, and in all sections o' our common coun- 
try, would truly rejoice, and indulge brighti-r 
hopes for the jicrmanence of our National Lil>»»r- 
iy, Union and Independence. (Rnthusiosiic 
applause.) It .ifTords me pleasure to be tlie me. 
dium of convpyinir to you the triendlv ereetin?« 
of my neighbors who you see around you, and 
to e.xpress to you my personal wishfi for your 
future prosperity and happiness. 

MK. FILT.MORK'.v- HF.PI.V. 
He said that he received this tender of the 
congratulations of the citi/.ens of Niagara 
County on his return to his native land, through 
the distinguished citizen acting as their orgm, 
with feelings of gratitude and priJe. If any 
thing could add to the pleasure he experienced 
in treading once again his native soil, it was the 
universal expression of friendship with which 
his countrymen had received him bark again to 
their midst. His chief souicc of gratification, 
however, lay in meeting those whom he could 
regard as neighbors as well as friends; with 
whom his life had been spent: who had known 
him from his bovhood, and haH ^r^^tched his r.i- 
reer since his earliest days. (Cheer* ) Th-ir 
distinguished fellow citizen had been pleased to 
refer in flittering terms to certain acts of his 
admini<!tr.ition, and he should therefore be ex- 
cu-se I for alludmg to those acts himself. It had 
been his earne«t hope, as it cer'fa niv was his ex- 
pectation, th.xt the measures whieh hi' b"en 
paseoJ during his t«rm of office with iho d«tigo 



of allaying the agitation then existini; on the 
e.T'iting subject of slavery, wouKl have been re- 
ceived as a finality by all, and have pro\ed ef- 
fectual in the accouiplishment «)f that object. — 
(.Applause.) He regretted extremely that those 
who succeeded him ii. the administration had 
thought proper, by disturbing existing compro 
mises, to re-open the wounds so recently healeii 
and again to shake the country fro ii the centre 
to the circumference with the same deplorable 
agitation. (Loud applause ) The disturbance 
of a compromise that had existe.! lor more than 
thirty yean, he deeply deplored. (Continued 
applause ) The fvils it had entailed upon thn 
country were known to all. and he could only 
hope that th* authors of iho*e evils liad not 
foreseen the consequences of their policy. He 
deprecated any interference on the part of n 
State with 'he aTaii-s of anv other State or Ter- 
ritory. (Loud cheers.) He believe<l that the 
State* and Territories of the Union, like the 
Union itself, rf*qiiire no foreign iritluence in their 
government from any •our'^ whatever. ( i^oufl 
and ionif r<>ntitiuel applause.) He looked upon 
the people of this Republic as being able to 
?overn themselves; and there w.n soutid »en»e 
in the saying that they were he«t governed when 
least eoverned. He deplo*^ the sectional poli- 
cy that had heen «dopfe.< by important p<jliti- 
ral parties at the present time, and coul I onlv 
place his trust in the sterling patriotism ami 
sonnd sense of the people, to avert the calami- 
tie* which «eptional agitation must alwayu en- 
tail n(V)n a country. (Loud applause.) Kverv 
reanoniug man must see that the success of par- 
ties having their origin in avoweil hostility to 
either section of the Union, can lend onlv to the 
destruction of those institirions, of which all 
areso proud, itnlof that Union so dear to every 
American heart. (Loud applause.) 

Mr p-illmore then n'lu led to the rarious 
rountrirg he had visite<l during his recent jour- 
ney, and drew a comparison between their in- 
stitutions and our own — highly fivorable to the 
latter. He had seen the soli I wealth of Eng- 
land — the splendid gaiety of Paris — the classic 
l)eanty of It-ily — but not anv, not all of these 
could wean his heart from the land of his birth — 
from the institutions bequeathe<l to us liy 
Washington He trod his native land once 
again with pride and with pleasure, and return- 
ed to his hone without any desire ever again to 
'eave its shores. These remarks cille.l forth 
continu.il applsuse, an I ro.in I aflec round of 
hearty cheers were given as Mr. F closed, and 
bowinj to the crowd, he withdrew into the 
hotel. 

r.rwisa LorKPORT. 

Upon reaching the depot, the «pecial train, 
consisting of five hai.dso'^ie cars, drawn by the 
locomotive "Henry Clay." was found awaiting 
the arrival of the co.npiny: an 1 soon the can 
were in motion ami I a hearty parting cheer 
from the good people of Lo'kport, which was 
responded to by those on board. 

Tov uv \vn V. 
As the traut approaciied Toaavraikl*, tb« 



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booming nf cannon was heard, and at the depot 
appeared a crowd ot' some four or five hundred 
persons, many of whom were females. The 
rars were stopped amidst the cheers of the peo- 
ple, and loud cries imnnediately arose for Mr. 
Fillmore. Tiie Ex-PresideiU stepped out on to 
the platform, and was received with iJiree hearty 
cheers; and when they had subsided, he spoke 
as follows: 

Ladies and Gentlemen. I am very happy to 
see you. I am very happy to be received on 
my return from abroad, by such a kindly greel* 
ing on the part of the citizen? of Tonau-anda. 
I know not and care not what are your political 
sentiments; but one thinir I do know — that you 
are all Americans, and that as su li I may a I- 
dress you. (Cheers ) I am confiileut that, liv- 
ing on the borders as you do hore. you are all 
true and staunch friends of your country. T 
trust that no such calamity will befall us as a 
war wit'n England; but if, in the cours" of 
events, we should be driven to hostility with 
the country of our neighbor, we shall, I know, 
always find the borderers ready to defend the 
territory and the honor of America. 1 did not 
expect this kind ijreetin^ from the citizens of 
Tonawanda, or I should probably have been pre- 
pared with some more fitting words of thanks. 
As it is. I can but assure you of ;;ratilude fTr 
your kindness. If I can not call you all neigh- 
bors, we yet live so near toeaclj other that 1 re- 
cognize anions: you faces that I h.sve known for 
many years. I wish you all prosperity and 
happiness, and for the present I wish you, also, 
farewell. 

With three hear'y cheers from the crowd, and 
amidst the wavinij of handkerchiefs and hats, 
the cars moved on towards Buffalo. 

THE ARRIVAL IV nt'FFAT.O. 
As the cars approached the city, the cannon 
roared forth its welcome, and immediately upon 
the fir.st 'lischarjre, the bells of the city rang out 
a loud and merry peal. In and around the de- 
pot, along the banks of the canal, on the bridge, 
up Erie street, as far as the eye could reach, ran 
a conliouoiis and closely packed line of people, 
swellinir out at every open space into a dense 
crowd. Along: the centre of the depot, extend- 
ing: 'f^ 'he carriages, ropes were drawn to keep 
off the vast multitude, and atTord a clear transit 
to the passengers. The galleries and windows 
at the end of the depot were packed full of la- 
dies, and the very root was v row. Id with uen 
and boys As soon as the tr.\in stopped, the 
Syracuse Continentals formed into jit.e, and 
then Mr. Fillmore stepped from the car on to 
the platform. 

The first part of the procession was then 
formed at the depot, and commenced its pro- 
gress, the entire body falling into line as the 
head passe<l the Terrace Square, and thence pro- 
ceeded up .Main street. 

Our space does not permit us to give in detail 
the order of the march, the various bodies com- 
posing the procession, nor a description of the 
banners borne therein, or those which ailorne<l 
tb« buihlings on the itreeu thrmigh wbicli it 



p.issed. Main and other streets, through which 
tiie cortef,'e was to pass, were, as far as the eye 
oulil see, a perfect galaxy of flags and banners 
bearing compli pentary inscriptions. The win- 
dows were, without a single exception, crowd- 
ed with gaily dressed ladles, who waved their 
handkerchiefs as the carriage of the Ex-Presi- 
dent passed by, while the crowd below kept up 
round after round of cheers. The tops of the 
houses. t(K), bore their living loads, anxious to 
look down uj)on tbe jjoyo-ssion as it passed by, 
Aft'-r the procession had arrived at the stand, 
and order reslore<l. Mr. Rogers advanced, and 
as soon a.s the cheers which had greeted Mr. 
Fillmore's foraial introduction bad subsided, 
spoke as follows; 

Mr. Fillmore — Your neighbors and fiiends, 
represented by a committee of citizens and of 
the Common Council of the city of Buffalo, have 
commissioned me to express to yon on your re- 
turn to the city of your residence, their friend- 
ly greetings. 

This agreeable duty I gladly perform, and in 
their na'ue and on their behall, I do now extend 
to you a sincere and hearty welcome. 

Your qualities as a neighbor and a citizen, not 
less than your distinguished public career, have 
elicited Jor you on this occasion a spontaneous 
expression of affection and regard; and it is 
cause for gratulation that this reception, with- 
out distinction of sect or party, is generously ex- 
tended to a citizen sustaining, in some sense, 
partizan relations. 

This, sir, happily illustrates the lilieral feel- 
ing, good sense, and justice of men, whose ed- 
ucation and hibits grow out of .nnd have their 
foundatioa in free and liberal institutions. Even 
our grateful little daughters, ca'ching the im- 
pulse that moves the popular mind, hasten to 
do you homage. 

Not many yt-ars since, you entered our city 
a* you have to-day, amid tlie roar of artillery, 
the ringing of bolls, and the joyous shouts of 
our citizens. You were then the incumbent of 
the highest office known to our constitution and 
government. You come now, clothed with no 
in«ignia of office, in the simple character of a 
private citizen; audit may well be to you a 
source of high gratification that the demonstra- 
tions of respect which greeted you then, are 
still more iinposing now. 

During your absence from the country, we 
have not been inattentive observers of the re- 
spect and consideration that have been paid you 
by vour intelligent countrymen rejid^^nt abroad, 
and by the distinguished p»Tsoiis connected with 
the sevcr;il courts which it has been your priv- 
ilege and pleasurs to visit. 

Your unostentatious movements have e.'pecial- 
ly attracleil our attention, and commanded our 
respect. Men of sense, in the rid world as well 
as in the new. have fully appreciated the bim- 
plicity and dignity of your deportment: and 
we are pro'id to avow that your intercourse with 
the illustrious and enlightened iren of Europe, 
thus characterized, has reflected honor and lus- 
tre upon our country and its iiislitulions. 

You have had an opp'Jrtuiiiiy, ftaU hav« oot 



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failed to contrast and compare the governments 
of the old world with that of your own country; 
nnd we will not doubt that your confidence in 
thf ultimate success of the grrcat experiment of 
a government based upon the popular will, has 
be^n materially strengthened and confirmed. 

Of your pr'^sent relation to public and politi- 
cal affairs, I do not propose to speak. It is well 
understood, and no fastidious delicary should 
attempt to conceal it, that in reference to certain 
important and vital questions now a;?itatinf the 
public mind, you and a large class of vour fel- 
low-citizens (myself included) entertain con- 
flicting opinions. A discussion of these ques- 
tions does not therefore pertain to this occasion. 
But your administration of the Federal Govern- 
ment belongs to the past, and its history is writ- 
ten. It is stamped with a conservative and na- 
tional character that challenges the respect of all 
just and enlightened minds; and your connfry- 
men will continue to recur to it with patriotic 
pride. You succeeded to the Presidential ofRce. 
and entered upon the discharge of its duti*«s, in 
troublesome times — tme U.vion w.\s in Pkril. 
I should be false to myself, unjust to you, 
sir, and faithless to those whom I represent, 
when speaking of your ndministration, were I to 
pass unnoticed the important part you acted in 
bringing about the con)promise measures of I S.'O . 
It is not to be forgotten that envy and malig- 
nity assailed your motivos — that vou were de- 
serted by lormer political associates and friends, 
and that in the midst of a popular excitement 
and clamor that blanched the cheek of many a 
patriot, yoi* flood ftarlctdij and firmly by the 
Union. 

Justice to others, and among them the illus- 
trious dead, requires me to add, that around 
that Union, side by side with you, stood Clay 
and Webster, and Dickinson and Cass, whose 
deeds like j-ours have become the common heri- 
tage of the Republic, and are indelibly written 
in its history. 

All honor to you, sir, to them, and to other 
statesmen, who holdin? diverse political and 
party views, stood together in that struggle for 
the defence of the Constitution I 

In your personal success and in vour fortu- 
nate career as a public man, your fellow-citi/ens 
and former constituents, restricted by no party 
lines, feel a just and an honorable pride. Your 
progress has been marked by unusual industry 
and self-reliance, and affords a most useful les- 
son of encouragement, especially to the youn?. 
From humble birth, and small beginnings, you 
have filled the hiirhest station upon earth. 

The mothers of Erie county, and of the State, 
will hereafter point their sons to your example, 
as a triumphant illustration of what virtuous 
conduct and imtiring effort may accomplish, in 
a government wliose honors are within the 
reach of the rich and the poor alike, and whose 
favors and blessings, like the dews of heaven, 
fall equally upon all. 

In conclusion, sir, I congratulate you on your 
safe return to your native land — and wishing 
you many years of health and happiness, I again 
greet you with a corUiftl welcome hom». 



This address was received with the most en- 
thusiastic applause, and throughout its delivery 
the eloquent speaker was frequently interrupted 
by the cheers of the crowd. When the applause 
had subsided, Ex-President Fillmore made the 
following reply: 
Friends and Fftlow-Citizens: 

I receive this eloquent congratulation upon 
my return, from your appointed organ, with no 
ordinary sentiment of gratitude, and I return 
you my heartfdt thanks for this beautiful and 
gratifying welcome to my home. No man, un- 
less he has been separated from those he loves 
most dearly, and from a country that he values 
above price, can tell how sweet it is to revisit 
his home and his friends after a long absence in 
a strange land :ind among a strange people. 
(Applause ) While wandering, sir, over the 
varions coiintries of Europe, looking at the fer- 
tile fields in some parts, and at those which are 
blighted anil deserted in others; witnessing here, 
th" pomp and splendor of the regal courts, and 
there the 8qnuli<l poverty an I the bitter suffer- 
ings of too many of the people, my mind has 
often turned with fond yearning to my home in 
Western New York, and I have longed for the 
opportunity of once more beholding this beauti- 
ful Queen City of the Empire State, and of 
breathing agsiu the fresh and invigorating air 
that blow*, from her Lake. (Tremendous ap- 
plause ) 

I I receive your congratulations, my fellow citi- 
zens, a.e frifn Is, and not as politicians. (Cheers.) 

I I need not, however, disguise the fact, for it has 
not been distiuised by tny eloquent friend who 
has welcomed iiie. that it has been my fate to 
fill the highest oflice in the gift of this great 
republic-, and I can not doubt that that fact had 
niuch to do in producing the vast congregation 
I now see before me, and in pronpting this pleas- 
ing de nonstration on my return among you. 
Indeed, I can account for it in no other way. 
It is true I did hope there were those who had 
an affectionate regard for me in the city of my 
residence; but could I ever conceive that I 
should be the recipient of such congrattilations 

I as these — that I should Ijehold such a sight as 
this on my return? (Loud applause.) My 

, friend who has so eloquently addressed me has 

, made reference to my early hi <lory, I trust, 
therefore, that I may be pardoned for the ap- 
parent egotism of allu<ling myself to that sub- 
ject. My career has been quite as miraculous 
and mjrsterious to myself as it can be to any 
other. I came to this city thirty-five years 
ago. a boy — a mere stripling — for the purpos* 
of finishing my education, an<i fitting myself 
for the practice of the law. When I had re- 
ceived my diploma I had not the confidence to 
commence my career here* I saw men around 

I me in the profession of marked ability and dis- 
tinguished position; and T must confess that a 
want of confidence in myself deterred me from 
entering the professional arena with such com- 
petitors. I went, therefore, into a village to 
pursue mv occupation of the la\v. I labored 

I there as long as .Tacob did lor Rachael (laughter 

' and appkufe), aad ibon I watured back to tlM 



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city. From that day to this my fortunes, my i 
fellow-citizens, have been boiinii up in yours ■ 
(applause), und if anything in my subsequent , 
career has reflected honor upon myself, it has j 
reflected the same honor upon you (loud ap- | 
plause). There is one recollection that above 
all others is prized by me. Although I have 
often been a party candidate for public office, 
and opposed, and very properly opposed, by 
those who held political opinions different to my 
own, it is due to them as well as to myself, to 
say that while I represented you all for eleven 
years in legislative bodies, no act that I ever did 
— no vote that I ever gave, received the censure 
of my political opponents, (enthusiastic ap- 
plause). It is due to them to say that I feel 
gratitude to them in my heart; and that this 
consideration formed no little inducement to me 
to return to Buffalo, where I shall probably end 
my days. (Applause.) 

Your eloquent chairman alluded to the fact 
that I have been traveling for some time in a 
foreign country. It has been my fortune, or 
misfortune while there, to see royalty on several 
occasions, when it has called forih such enthu- 
siasm as it can command-, but you must pardon 
me (or saying that though I have heard the 
cheers given to order, and the music made to 
command, that mark such demonstrations there, 
I yet feel prouder at this spontaneous expression , 
ot a peopl'! with whom I have spent thirty { 
years of my life, than I should to be received as 
Queen Victoria was receiveil in Paris by the 
French nation. (Loud applause and long con 
tinued cheering.) I regard this, my friends, as 
the proudest day of my life. I feel, indeed, so 
overwhelmed by yotir kindness that I can scarce- 
ly give utterance to my leelings. E.xhaustfd 
as I am by a week of continued e.vcitement fol- 
lowing close upon a fatiguing sea voyage, J can 
only say to you that you have my cordial, grate- 
ful thanks for the warm hearted reception you 
have given me-, and next to my gratitude to 
that divine Providence which has gu'ded me in 
my journey, and brought me safely to its end, 
is my gratitude to you, my fellow citizens, who 
have made my return to my home so doubly 
pleasant. (Loud applause.) 

May heaven bless you all and reward you as 
you deserve, and may I be permitted to remain 
with you until I sleep here the sleep of death; 
for to you, and to you alone, my friends and 
fellow citizens, I trust my reputation and my 
happiness hejeafter. 

As Mr. Fillmore spoke, it was evident that 
his heart was touched by the kindness of his 
friends and neighbors, and his voice evinced 
bow deep and earnest a feeling of gratitude and 
affection had been called forth by the flattering 
reception he had received from the city of his 
borne. At the conclusion of his remarks, a 
loud voice called lustily for 'Hhree times three." 
and nine tremendous cheer.'J were given in re- 
sponse. 

MR. FILL.MORE LEAVES TUf. ST.\-ND. 
The ceremonies being now completed. Mr. 
Filimoic, bowing and waving hit haad ooca 



more to the vast multitude before him, left the 
stand, and proceeded through the file of the 
Continentals to his carriage. The military 
again formed into line, and the procession mov- 
ed on towards the Ex-President's residence on 
Franklin street. A large concourse of people 
followed in the track, and a dense crowd had 
already gathereil about the house, awaiting his 
arrival. As the carriage drew up they cheered 
vociferou.sly, but Mr. Fillmore entered his 
house hastily, where lie was met by the mem- 
bers of his family in a manner that plainly inti- 
mated that crowds and cercmo.iies were for a 
time at an end, and that he could once moreen- 
joy the peace and happiness of his own quiet 
home. 



FREMONT A ROMAN CATHOLIC. 

We will give a few facts which fully sustain 
the assertion that Mr. Fremont is a Romanist. 
The following is from the Washington Star, of 
the 12th June: 

" A Sort of \ Catholic. — We take it for 
granted that among the informal pledges ex- 
tracted bv delegations in George Law's Con- 
vention, from Col Fremont, there was not one 
against the Catholic Church; inasmuch as, up 
to the recent birth of bis aspirations for the 
Presidency, he always passed in Washington 
for a good enough outride Roman Catholic; that 
being the Church in which he was reared. He 
was married in this city, it will be remembered, 
bv Father Van Horseigh, a clergyman of his 
Church— not of that of his wile's lamily." 

But this is not all the evidence. Mr. Fremont 
was educated in the Romish Faith, born of 
Catholic parents, and is a Roman Catholic now. 

The New York Day Book, a Buchanan paper, 
says: 

"Col. Fremont is not only a Roman Catho- 
lic, but he is a bigoted and proscriptive Roman 
Catholic. His prejudices against Protestants 
is stronger and he has carried it further than 
any other intelligent American we ever knew. 
It is but a few years ago (not more than 8 or 9), 
that he refused to accept as a gift from a friend, 
a Protestant book. 

" Nor was this all; be was spending the day 
at this friend's hciuse, and he refused to even 
read the book off'ered him, and gave, as a reason, 
that he was a Roman Catholic, and would not 
read a ' Protestant religious book.' 

"Some of Col. Fremont's friends may deny 
this, but he will hardly dare authorize any one 
to do so. If he does, we shall remind him of 
the time and place, and the friend that proff'ered 
him the book.'' 

It is also .said that Mr. Fremont, on his 
journey across the mountains, was in the habit 
of affixing the cross at prominent points, ac- 
cording to the invariable custom of his Church. 
We have the proof in Fremont's ou-n vordt. 
Let the reader turn to page 71 of Fremont's 
Narrative of th« Exploring Expedition to the 



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Rocky Mountains in 1842," being Con»rps- 
sional Doriiments 16G ol' Ibl.", and he will find 
the Ibtlovviuo^: — 

Au:,nisl '2S — Yesterday evenirij? we reached 
our eiii-ampirienl at Rock Independence, where 
I took Sonne rtsironamical observations. Here^ 
not unmindful of the custom of early travettrs 
and explorers in our country, 1 engraved on tins 
rock of tite Far M'at a symbol of the Christian 
faith. Among the thvLly inscribed names. I 
made on the hard aranite the impression of A 
LARGE CROSS which I covered with a black 
preparation of India rubber, iccll calculated to 
rerist the influence of wind and rain. 

The ''early travelers and explorers of onr \ 
count! y,'' were Spanish and French Catholics, [ 
or Jesuits, and it is lo them Freniont refers. It } 
was iheir ••custom," as stated, to erect the j 
Cross at prominent poinls. '• as a symbol oi' the 
Christian laith,"' (and Catholics admit no other 
faith to be the "Christian" hut the Roinish) 
and to take possession ot the country in the name 
of the (.Uiurch and the Pope. All through the 
valley of the Mississippi, and especially on the 
routes of ll»rnnf-p.in and Du Soto, these symbols | 
of Komariism long remained, and perhaps in j 
some instances may still remain. It is the 
"custom" of the Mother Church to instruct ; 
her missionaries or "ex[doreis," lu forir.ally 
take possession of new countries and regions of 
<!ounlries, in her name and the name of the 
Pope by erecting' the Cioss. No laci is beiier 
eslah!i*hfd thun llli^<. Fremont, a tiue Catho- 
lic, faithfully obeyed this Romish custom, and 
we have the fact attested by his own hand. 

Bui we are not yet done with the proof. The 
Washington Star, a liuchanan paper, that bit- 
t'^rly opposes the American party, after stating 
that Fre nont's father was a teacher of dancing 
and led a migratory lile, |)roceeds lo remark. 

" The Neu- Yirk Tribune sliniis any (piantify 
of slush at us because we attributed to Col. F:e- 
inont sympathy for the church of his ance>try, 
belore he began to bill and coo at the Know 
Nothings, ami Insists that he was baptized by 
an Episcopal elergyiiiau, and has adhered to that 
faith. VVe know not who baptized him; but 
we do know that our Catholic fellow citizens 
have, until recently, looked on him as one of 
their own outside ones. This opinion has not 
rested alone on the fact that he went to a Ro- 
man Catholic priest — the so generally beloved 
Father Van Horseigli, now i;o more — to unite 
him in wedlock to the daughter of Col. Benton; 
which was inore than Father V. H. would 
have dared to do under the discipline of the 
church, unless tiiher groom or bride solemnly 
pledged him or herself to be of the Rom^n 
Catholic laith, and as solemnly promised to 
brina: up the children to be born unto them, in 
the Roman Catholic church. But they did not 
rest their opinion in the premises on that laith 
ulone, which, to our mind, knowing Father Van 
Horseigh's intiexibility as a Catholic disciplina- 
rian, as we do, would have been sufficient to 
make us consider any one a Catholic in faiih 
and aflections, who had been united to a Protes- 
tant lady under his ministry. 



'•They lia(i, or ihoughi iliey had. strong; proofs of the 
Colonel'* Roman Cauiiilii-.iiy. in ilie received account of 
tlie history of liis adolescence, wherein he was represenu 
ed as Imving been ihe recipient of the angelic cliarny of 
ail associalion of pions Roman Catholic ladies of Charles- 
town. S. C, to whom he is said lo liave been indil.ted 
lor his education unJer caretul Roman Calholic Priests, 
in u Roman Calliolic Intliiulion in or near Ballimore, 
I\Id. ; and wherein it would prol)al)ly be as rare to see a 
charily scholar who was not of the religious fajlh of the 
insiiiuiion and those to whose piety he might be indeLl. 
ed for his educalion, as in a Proleslanl iiivliiution, where- 
in, as in all coUese* confliictcd by Roman Calholic 
I'riesis, religious (sectarian) insiruelion is regarded as a 
poinl Ol importance in ihe iraiiurig of youth Not a few 
of our Roman Catholic fellow citizens have been giving 
Col. Fremont credit uiiiil lately, for Catholic cariiesliiess 
of soul, in return for all they believe him to have received 
from Roman Catholic piety and zeal in ifood works, to the 
extent of' havine Itada room fitted up in his residence iiere, 
AS A KO.MaN CATHOLIC FAMILY CHAPEL. 

•• We know furiher, thai coiiMdering his success in life 
as being mainly ihe result of ihe discipline and excellent 
and sol.ciious iraiiiiug of a Roman Catholic iiisuiulion, 
ihey have been very proud indeed of his career ; and tha l hia 
rcoeni seeming proclivity lor Beecherism and his sudden 
evident desire to Indoctrinate 'jeorge l.Aw'8 Know Nothing 
Convention, wiih ihe idea that they can rely on him logo 
ihe whole Know Nothing hog if North Americanism will 
support him for llie Presidency, has made scores of ibcm 
sick at the stomach." 

The Troij Whig of the IClh iiist , has an article on Fre- 
mnni'j R«muiiibm, which concludes with ihe following 
sialemeiiLs : 

" Wr desire that ihc public should be informed on this 
imporianl question, and a< iliere are one or two (acts wilh. 
in our knowledge which have ma yel undergone public 
inspection, we will here give them and addlo the already 
lorniidable testimony ag:iinst him 

'• Edward bealo. of Washington, late Superintendent 
of Ihe Indian affairs ni C-lifornia, w.is persuaded by Col. 
i-Ve/noarto turn Roman Calholic, much li> the regroi oi 
Mr. Beale's own rclalives!!! Beale was formerly a 
lieutenant in Ihe Navy, and was well known throughout 
' Ihe country. 

I '-Again. Col. R , of Mo , late Colleclor oi Mon- 

erey. a iTenlleman of ihc highest character, and an intimate 
friend or Henry Clay, ^lepi for eight months under the 
same blanl<et with Col. Fremont in California, and on 
beini; asked whether he was a Roman Catholic, replied, 
"does any one doubl it? if they do I am ready to prove 
it. I did not suppose there was any doubt on the subject. 
Fremont is not onlv a Roman Calholic, fcui a most bigoted 
one." If this slate'menl or ihe other should be deiueJ, 
we are ready to tubsuntiale them with affidavits from iho 
parties themselves If Protestants persist in casthig their 
suffrages for a Roman Catholic President, we are deter, 
mined they shall do it tcirA their eyes open." 

We will onlv add the following leiiimouy of Alderman 
Fulmer. of the IGih Ward of New York city, at a meet. 
ing at Conuiieiilal Hall, on Monday evening ol loal 
week: ,., ,. 

" After referring briefly to the other candidate.". Aid. 
Fulmer spoke of Col. Fremont whom he had seen and 
known. As for his being a Roman Catholic, there was uo 
doubl of u. He (Aid. Fulmer) was in Washinglou m 
lSi2, and thoui;hi qnilc a Rood deal of .Mr. Fremont. 

••"bui some one toM him thai Fremont was a Catholic. 

lie eouldn'l bu'ievc .1. Bui Ins informant told him ihal 

if he would :iceompany hmilolhe Cadiolio Chi'rch on 

' the followii!',' Sabbath, he could see for himself. Ho 

went, ami there was Mr. Fremont going ihrouah all ihe 

' crosses and gyrations, eating waters, and goon, .\tier 

church lie returned to his hoiel. At dinner .Mr. Fremont 

i nnd others were conversing about ihe solemnities of the 

! service that morning, and. as Ue, heard them all agree on 

ihal and oiher |>oints. he couldn't siand it any longer. He 

I then asked iMr. Fremont if he truly i elieved that Hie 

wafer he ate al church that morning, was the real b<Kly 

I of Christ. ' Most assuredly I do,' replied .Mr. F. He 

' a-ked Mr. F. if hr. thoughi'Chrisi had bin one liodv. Mr. 

' F replied no. Well, didn't that body ascend imo heu- 

' ven' Certniiily, said Mr. F. Well now. .Mr. F.. will 

; you be so kind as to tell me by what kind of michinery 

the priesi contrived to obtain Christ's btvly after ii had 

i asceuded to heaven? He said Mr. Fremont turned away 



quickly, asking what he meant by a^kin? such silly cues- 
tions." 



FKKMOIVT A ROMAN OATHOLBC AND 
SL.AVl!:HOf.D£R. 

Tlie Fact fully Sstablished. 

Letter from a GentUjnan in St. Louis. 

Every day adds lo tlie testimony goiii^ lo establish 
Ff emom's Romanism, and the fact that he is a slaveholder 
und supporter oi" the. peculiar institution. We only ask 
that wilelligent men read, and then act according to the 
dictates of their judsnient aud consciences. The facts 
set ibrth below, should arrest the serious attention of every 
hone-t man, for they not only eslabli>h fully Fremont's 
Romanism, l>ut that he is now, and for a long lime has 
teen a slaveholder. The following appears in the Penn 
Yan Democrat, a Buchanan paper, of iast week, which 
j)aper stales ti.at " tiie reader w ussureu it is written by 
an individual of ui. doubled veracity, who is well and 
favorably known to many of our citizens, hut has for 
many years resided in St. Louis, Missouri. The letter is 
addres.^ed lo a genileman of ihis place; it is no Roorback, 
but a genuine extract, and we have no doubt of ;ls au. 
ihenticity, and llie correctness of the .statements made." 

■' In answer lo the second brancli of your letter I 
must be pardoned for saying that your Kasterii people,' in 
their political action are an enigrna that is insoluble to 
me. How is it possible, claiming as >oudo all the refine, 
ment, the intelligence, and, a.< I have heard it iiLsisted, all 
the piety of this hemisphere, that you are .so easily hum. 
bugged and led on from one e.xirerao of infaluaton and 
f.uiaticism to aiiDther, or llmt you are so easily mid so 
willingly made the dupeo and cats paw of cunnir.g and 
designing men. 

'•'■ The newspaper article to which you called my alien, 
lion, I have .-^een before, and was not a lilile surpri.sed lo 
liud .such as-seriions made wnh mucli boldness, even by so 
emaculale a jo..rnal as the Ne-w York Tribune, antiy el 
at such variance with candor and plain trutli. 

•'You say you desire the real tacts from one who is ac 
quainted wuh Ool. Fremont, and can .-ipeak from actual 
knowledge. THAT COL. FREiMO.NT IS A CATHO 
Lie, NOONK WHO K.NOW.S HIM WILL DE.N'Y 
WHENEVER HE IS LN Tii/S CITY HE WITHOUT 

A.\Y conci:alment whetever. attends 

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH; HE WAS liAPTlZEO 
.\i\DCHR1STE.\KDL\ THE FAITH; he was mar- 
ried by a Catholic clergyman, and the Bishop, (die Rig.il 
Rev. Dr. Keiulnck,) to my certain knowledge, is his spir. 
Uuai adviser and daily visitor whenever he has been sick 
or confined to his bed a! the house of Col Brant where 
he IS III the habit of making it his home wiien in the city. 
Col. Brant is a particular friend of mine. I visit his house 
irequeutly. He is a man of great wealth, and married 
as you know, a sister of Col. T. H. Benton, who also 
makes it his home there since Mrs. Benton's decease. 
Ool. Fremont's sister, who is the wife of an oiiicer in the 
army, is also a Catholic : was educated at a Catholic con. 
vent, and so far as my knowledge extends all his family 
and ktns7)ien are Catholics. 

" Wittiin the past year I have had occasion to transact 
husmes with, and frequently been al the house of Col 
Brant, aid several of the domesncs have been from time 
to timepotnted out to me as the Slaves of Vol. Fremont 
and these aye not all either, as he mvns inany others, male 
and female, hired out in various parts of the city. ' 

"' These are facts and no secrets here, and if your very 
conscientious and strictly pious truth-seeking Christians 
are anxious to '• know all about the matter," why don't 
they get some of their own partizans (one in whom they 
can put confidence and whose statement.'? would becredil- 
ed by Urn public,) and make the inquiry in u proper man. 
ner in the proper ilirection. 

" It is ail easy matter to get well informed on this sub. 
jecl when the inquirer after truth i.s honestly hi pnr-uit of 
It. But I iinagnie that it is the <ru</i that cuts, and it is 
that which they fear. They are more anxious lo conceal 
the real truth, than to have it placed naked beibre the neo. 
pie just about these days!" 

HE MUST HAVE BEEN A CATHOLIC ! 

There is a point now made one of great iniportauce in 
the Presidential Eleciioii,-by the denial on the part of 
cut. iremoui's friends,— and by authority, as we under. 



stand it, from him,— that he is, or ever has been, a Rn. 
man Catholic. The point is one of this importance, in a 
political view, first, because many Americans who sup- 
port him in New England, especially support hira upon 
the ground that he is ami. Roman Catholic,— and second, 
because if he ever has been a Roman Catholic, he now 
denies the fact, and iias ostensibly changed his religion. 
The Rev. Mr. Beecher says in his Independent, apparently 
by authority ; 

"Until he was 14, Col. Fremont wa-i? educated in the 
hope and expectation that he would become an Episco. 
pal minister. At Iti. he was confirmed in the Episcopal 
Cliurch, and has, ever since, when within reach of the 
church, been an attendant and communicant. And since 
his temporary sojourn in New York, he has been an at- 
tendant at Dr. Anihon's Church, until recently; and now 
he worships at Grace Church. Mrs. Fremont was 
reared strictly in Ihe Presbyterian Church, and united 
with the Episcopal Church upon her marriage with Col. 
Fremont. Their children have been baptized in the 
Episcopal Church, Ac, Ac," 

These are strongstatements;— there is prodigious wrong 
somewhere, and we propose k> try to find out wliere. 

There are two periods in a man's life — when his reli- 
gion. or the t'eehng for the relicion he was educated in, 
tirsl discloses itsell',— the first, when he marries ibr life, 
tiie second, when on his death b«d. It is admitted,— and' 
nowhere denied— that when Lieut. Fremont married 
.Miss Benton, Father Van Horseigh, of Washington, a 
Roman Catholic Priest, of characier and high slandj'iig 
in his church there, married them. Nobody compelled 
Mr. Fremont thus to go to a Roman Catholic Priest. He 
went there of his own free will and choice. True, it is 
said that in coasequence of the social influence of Sena, 
tor Benton, in Waslimgtoii, no other than a Roman Catho. 
lie Priest would marry the runaway pair, — but it is not 
proven, and it is not true, or if true, it docs not vitiate ihe 
fact that a Roman Catnolic Priest, can not under the ordi. 
nances and councils of his {liiirch nniie parties in the 
■• Holy Sacrament of Mairimony," unless one of iheni, at 
least , prnfe.sses to be of thai church. 

T > understand the laws and t!ie eoniieila, and the ens. 
toms of the Romish Church, we mu>t lake our readers 
u little ways into the theolngy of that church. 

Marriage is with the Roiiian Catholics a Sacrament. 
Tiie Protestants have but two .Sacraments: the Roman 
Catholics have seven and among them is Matrimoky. 
Hence aRomnn Catholic Priest would no more administer 
the sacrament of ;\lA.TRlM0NYto a party not of his church, 
llian he would the Lord's supper, or confirmation, or 
baptism— for .Matrimony is in the Romish Church just as 
much a sacrament as the Lord's su()per. The highest 
written authority of the Romish Church is the famoos 
CocNCn, OF Teest, aiid there it is decreed :— 

DECREE. 

3d. "Whosoever shall say, that Sacraments of the new 
Law were not all instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, or 
that they are more or less in number than seven ; that is 
to say, baptism, confirmation, the Lord's Supper, pen. 
ance, extreme unction, orders, and Matrimony, or that 
any one of the seven is not truly and properly a Sacra- 
ment let him be accursed. 

Marriage among most Protestants— not all. however, 

is but a civil contract,— but in the Romish Church it is au 
obligation, to be taken only before Priests,- it is a Sac. 
rament. Th»- Romish Church is rigid, and stricter in its 
rule of marriage than any other religious denomination. 
Marriage in that Church is an indi.s.-oluble tie, and never 
to be loosed, even by the civil law of divorce. The 
marriage of heretics by a Priest is a crime, except under 
.soine special Papal dispensation.— just as much of a crime 
OS it would be to administer the Lord's .Supper to heretics. 
When Col. Fremont, therefore, volnntarilv went before 
Father Van Horseigh, and asked him, as a Priest of Rome, 
—to marry him to a Proiestant woman,— he must have' 
been, or pretended to be, a Roman Catholic,— and he 
must have promised to liring up the ofTspring, if nny, in 
ihe Romish Church. That pro7/iise Col Fremont fulfilled 
in an adopted dauirhtcr, now a ijrowii woman. — for he ed. 
iicated her in the convent on ihe Heights of Georgetown 
D. C — aud he can not deny or authorize anvone to deny 
the fact. The sacramenlal obliaalions of ihe marriage 
have been fulfilled till a late period.— and if thcv are not 
fulfilled now, it is because of hue a change has taken 
place in Col, Fremont's profeMion of religion,— it may La 



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for the purjioec of obtaining the Protestant vote for Preni- i 
dent. , , ,, ■ 

The Roina;i Caiholic celebration of the Matrimony 
Sacrament IRitus celebrulitii Mairimoiiii Sacrameiiium.) 
i« one of the august ceremnniea of that church. The 
Priejt puts o;i his cassock and white stole, and he bring! 
out Ins aiH>al, uiiii li<;ly Water to sprinkle the marrying 
parlieji, and lie then unites the parlies according to (ke tuk 
of the Holy Mother Church, ajid the Pne« sprinkle* the 
Marriage ring with holy water, iu the bign of the cross. 

TilE PRKPARATION FOR MARUIAGE. 

From the li C C<ttec!ii.-m of the Oiirisiiau Religion. 
elmp. S), fee. 5, page 37::', Donalio's tJil.on: 

Question. How should wo prepare ourselves for mar. 
riage ! 

AiisTver By prayer, good works, and tht reception of 
the Sacrtiinent. 

Other authorities say by "Coulession," atid llirough tiie 
Coul'essioual. 

WHOCAX TAKE THE SACBAMKXT? 

From the Catechism of the Christian Religion. Patrick 
D.'naho. Boston Edition 1852. Page .37(). 

Question. Who are Hie persons with whom tlu Chunk 
foroids us to eoii'ract /nariiu^es? 

Answer. Beside.s unbapiizod infi lels. who'e marriage 
with Calliolics is null, the Church forbids marriage wiOx 
heretics and exconiraunicaied persons, so long as ilie ex- 
communication IS in force. The Ciit'acH ohe» ukk sac- 

BAMBNTS O.NXt TO THOSB W1THI.N UKR liOSO.M. 

CIIILDBEN MUST BK PLKDtJEO TO BOMAXIS.M. 

From the Oulden .Manual,— being a guide to Catholic 
Devotion. D. & J. Sauher, .\. V ,— wiili itie aprrobaliou 
of the Rt. Rev. Archbishop lliiglies. Page 5:V! : 

A Catholic oil marrying u person of aiiotli«r religion, 
can not be allowed to enter iiilo any agreement, — that 
any of the chiidien shall bt brought up to any but the Ca. 
tholie I'aiiti. 

TUB RITUAL FOR THE CELEBRATION OF TUK SACRAME.^T 
OF MATKIMO.NY. 

From the Golden Manual, published in London with 
Qie approval of " t Nicliolu.*,. Archbishop of Wcstnnn. 
sier;" and in New York (s-udiier 4. Co ,) with the appro, 
bation of the Most Rev. John Hughes, Aichbubop, 

N. y. 

The Priest, ve."ed in a surplice and white stole, accom- 
panied by at Ifasi one clerk, to carry the book and a ces- 
tcl of holy waltr, and by two or three witiicises, askt the 
jnaii luid ilie woman, separately as follows, m ilio vulgar 
tongne, concerning their consent. 

And first he asksthe bridegroom, who must stand at the 
right hand of the woman; 

N wilt thou take N here present, for thy lawful wife, 

ACCORDING TO TUK EITK OF OCR HoLI MoTHZB 
CHt;KCU? 

Response. I will. 

Then the Priest asks the bride: 

N will ibou take N here present, for thy lawful hus- 
band, according to the tite of our Holy Mother, tht 
Church? 

Response. 1 will. 

Then the woman is given away by her father or friendj 
and if she has never been married belbre. she has her 
hand uncovered, but tf she is a widow, she ha* it cov- 
ered. The man receives her to keep in God's faith and 
his own; and holdicgherby the right liand in his own 
right hand, pligiits her his troth, saying afier the Priert 
as follows : 

I, N take thee N, to be my wedded wife, to have and to 
bold, from iliis day forward, for belter, for worse, for 
richer, lor poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do 
us part, if Holy Church will it permit, and thereto I plight 
«iiee my tfout. 



Then they loose their hand?, and, ;oimng thorn again, 
the wotn:m says, after tlie Priest : 

1, N lake thee IV, to ray wedded husband, to have and 
to hold. I'rom this day forward, for belter, for worse, Ac 
if Holy Church will it permit, and thereto I plight thee 
my troili. 

Their troxh being thus pledged to each other on both 
jjiles, and ilicir right hands joined, the Priesl says: 

Ego conjugo vos in main. I join you together in 

moiiium, in nomine Patris marrmge in the name of 

t et Filiii, et S.niriius Sancli. the Faiiier t and of the Son, 

Amen. and of the Holy Ghost. 

Amen. 

■Dieii he sprinkles them whh holy water. 

Tnis done, the bridegpwin places upon the book gold 
and silver (which are presently to Im: delixered into the 
hands o( the bride) ami also a ring which the Pric't bless- 
es. 

[The nuptial benediction, which here follows, is omitted 
ill mixed marriages. VitU Hiinalis Romani ] 

Then the Priest sprinkles the ring with holy water, in 
the form of a cross ; and ilie bridegroom, having received 
the ring I'rom the hand of the Priest, gives gold and silver 
to the bride ami says : 

^Villi tins ring I thee wed; *c. 

Tneii the bridegroom places tho ring on the thumb of 
the left hand of tue bri'le, uaying : In the name of thq 
Father; then on tlie second finger, saying: and of the 
Son; iheu uu the llurd finger, saying : and of the Holy 
Giiosl; laMly on the lourtli finger, sayuig: Ameu; and 
there he leaves the ring. 

[The service is coniinued in regttlar marriages with 
beneilieiion. prayers, and sometimes the singing of mass.] 

From these docotneiits and Oicts, thus uuihenlicaied, — 
the loilowiiig conclusj.jiis follow ; 

Isi. Tliut ihe Council of Trent makes RIatrlmo.NT! a 
Sackamk.nt in tlie Koiuish Church : 

•M. That a Romish Pnesi can not administer a sacra, 
mem but to a Roman Catholic; 

■3d. Tiiat Col. Premoni. iheretore, at the time of his 
marriage, miisi, ai least, have professed to be a Ronan 
Calhobc, and was, iherefore, sprinkled with holy water, 
and accepted other forms and rile* of ihe Roman Caihoho 
Church, Hssuch a Catholic; 

•nil. Thai then he must have taken all the obligations of 
that sacramL-ni, wiih the pledge to educate his otfspring in 
Romajii-m : 

5ih Ti.ai in educating an adopted daughter in Ihe con. 
rent ai Oeorpeuiwn, he carried out one of the obligaiiooa 
of thesacraineiii. 

Bui nays the Independent : 

"It is said that a daughter has been sent to a Catholic 
institution for educaiioii. So far from it, tht hat ntvn 
been sent away from home at all. bat has been educated 
by her own inoihei." < 

This IS a quiiible. The statement was that his adopud 
daughter was educated in the convent on Ihe^ heights of 
Georgelowii. and we dare a denial '"rom Col. Fremont. 

If Col. Premoni, in view of me Presidency, has recent, 
ly changed his religion, and only with a view to that of. 
tioe. so much the worse ; but the fact is undeniable, over- 
wiielmiii? and crushing, that to be married by a Roman 
Priest, Father VanUor*eigh, Mr. Fremont must have pro- 
FEsjiiii the Roinun Caioolic Religion, and hence, ac- 
cepied all the rules and rituals of the Roman Caiholic 
Church! He mav have broken the sacrament of his 
marriage wilhin a tew weeks |»a«l; and he may ha\-o be- 
come a convert to Prole'lanlism in good faiih, in orderj to 
win the American vole, but there is his record of Ro. 
MANiSM. in Ihe most solemn act of his liie : and il can not 
be got over or got under, it can not be tied down or cov. 
ered up, and we, as Journalists, but do our duty in pub.- 
lishing truth', no matter how much abune ra.iy follow. 



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